Solar phenomena at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Date
9 February 1903
Creator
Charles William Rawson Royds (1876 - 1931, British)
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Dimensions
width (drawing): 204mm
height (drawing): 160mm
width (paper support): 207mm
height (paper support): 331mm
height (drawing): 160mm
width (paper support): 207mm
height (paper support): 331mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Inscribed diagram, showing incomplete prismatic halo round sun, light pillars and incomplete zenith-centred halo.
Royd’s sketches were redrawn in colour by Dr E A Wilson for Notes on the Meteorological Instruments and their Exposure by Lieutenant C Royds, R.N. With Illustrations of Solar Phenomena and Cloud Observations by Dr E A Wilson, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Meteorology, Part I, Observations at Winter Quarters and on Sledge Journeys with discussions by various authors (The Royal Society, 1908)
Sketch inscribed: ‘ Feb, 9th 5.0p.m.’ Paper support inscribed: ‘redrawn in colour p.36’.
Royd’s sketches were redrawn in colour by Dr E A Wilson for Notes on the Meteorological Instruments and their Exposure by Lieutenant C Royds, R.N. With Illustrations of Solar Phenomena and Cloud Observations by Dr E A Wilson, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Meteorology, Part I, Observations at Winter Quarters and on Sledge Journeys with discussions by various authors (The Royal Society, 1908)
Sketch inscribed: ‘ Feb, 9th 5.0p.m.’ Paper support inscribed: ‘redrawn in colour p.36’.
Object history
Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) Royal Navy officer was first lieutenant and one unofficial photographer on the British National Antarctic Expedition, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912). Others included Reginald Skelton (1872-1956) British Engineer.
The Discovery Expedition was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. It was organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and yielded observations on biology, zoology, geology, meteorology and magnetism”.
The Discovery Expedition was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. It was organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and yielded observations on biology, zoology, geology, meteorology and magnetism”.