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Basil Hall

Skotsk sjöofficer och naturforskare.

Born 1788-12-31 i Edinburgh, died 1844-09-11 i Royal Hospital Haslar.

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1830-06-09

Mentioned in 1 item: unnumbered,
Presenter14:o Anmältes inkomne föräringar:
från Struwe: observationes astronomicae vol. 6, åren 1825 och 1826.
från Laurentius Martinus i Turin: Elementa Physiologiae ad usum praelectionum Academicarum vol. 1. och 2. med en skrifvelse.
från Grefve Löwenhjelm i Paris: art de se preserver de l'action de la flamme. par Aldini.
från Baron D'Ohsson: des Peuples du Caucase.
Zeitschrift für Physik und Mathematik 7. bandets 2, 3 och 4 häften af Baumgartner och Ettinghausen.
från Herr Collin i Philadelphia: åtskillige böcker, hvilka sedan år 1821. legat i förvar uti Packhuset och om hvilka Secreteraren först nyligen, händelse vis, vunnit underrättel se, neml:
the possibility of approaching the North Pole. 1818.
the picture of Philadelphia &c by James Mare. 1811.
views of Lovisiana. by Brackenbridge. 1817.
the History civil and commercial of the British Colonies in the West-Indies. by Edward 2:ne vol.
a History of Ireland by William Crawford 1783. Vol. 1 och 2.
Greenland, the Adjacent seas, and the north Vest Passage to the pacific Ocean. by O'Reilly. 1818.
account of a voyage of discovery to the Vest Coast of Corea. by Basil Hall 1818.
a view of the diseases &c. by William Currie 1811.
a Synopsis or General view of the principal Theories or Doctrines of diseases. by W. Currie 1815
Description Topographique, Physique &c. de la partie francaise de l'isle S:t Dominique, par Moreau de S:t Mery. andra Tom.
Dessa böcker öfverlemnades till vederbörandes förvar och skulle gifvarne förklaras Academiens erkänsla.

1832-09-12

Mentioned in 1 item: § 22,
22:o Till Academien hade hennes numera aflidne ledamot, Doctor Collin i Philadelphia förärat följande; Academien redan tillhandakomne böcker och skrifter:
Condorcet Essai sur les probabilités. 4:o
Etat de la [Suisse (?)] 2. T. 4:o
Richard description de l'Italie. 6. vol.
Lyman Polical State of Italy.
History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland with portraits &c. 4. vol.
The siege of Gibraltar.
Le veritable esprit militaire. 2. vol.
Guibert, Essai général de tactique. 2. vol. s
Code of Gentoo Laws.
Paston, Asiatics Monarchies.
Cap:t Hall's account of the great Loo cho Island.
Stauntons British Embrassy to China.
Hopkins vocabulary, Persian, Arabic et English.
Jones Grammar of the Persian Language.
Howisons Malay Dictionary.
Hadley Grammar of the Hindostan Dialect.

1844-09-11

Basil Hall dog

1849 – participated in 1 meeting.
14/11 -

1850 – participated in 3 meetings.
17/4 - 8/5 - 13/11 -

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1844-09-11

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