Magnetical and meteorological observations at Lake Athabasca and Fort Simpson by J.H. Lefroy and at Fort Confidence in Great Bear Lake by John Richardson
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- Magnetical and meteorological observations at Lake Athabasca and Fort Simpson by J.H. Lefroy and at Fort Confidence in Great Bear Lake by John Richardson
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- J H Lefroy
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- 1855
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Magnetical and meteorological observations at Lake Athabasca and Fort Simpson by J.H. Lefroy and at Fort Confidence in Great Bear Lake by John Richardson
Author: Lefroy, John Henry (Sir), 1817-1890. (author)
Year: 1855
Lefroy, John Henry (Sir): 1817-1890. English military officer and scientist; conducted magnetic survey of Canada, from Lachine to Fort Simpson, 1843-1844, which established his reputation as a geographer; in charge of magnetic observatory in Toronto, 1844-1853; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1848, and Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, 1853; returned to England ( Dictionary of National Biography ). // Richardson, John (Sir): 1787-1865. Accompanied Sir John Franklin on Arctic journeys of 1819-1822 and 1825-1827; in command of a search party for Franklin, 1848-1849 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Younghusband, Charles Wright: 1821-1899. // "Sir John Richardson's Magnetical observations educed and discussed by Captain Younghusband" on pages 289-323.
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