Meteorological observations and papers, 1837 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Observations and requests for information on meteorological phenomena, meteors and the Aurora Borealis. The volume includes observations of rainfall and air pressure; G. Graham's interpolation of London mortality figures and meteorological observations; a summary of weather at Helston, Cornwall, and Whittington, Shropshire; various observations of storms; an account of a hurricane in 'The Glasgow Herald', 1846; various observations of a solar halo; accounts of meteors and the Aurora Borealis; a piece from the 'Worcestershire Guardian' on the 'lunar rainbow'; and a piece from 'The Britannia' on high tides in the Thames in 1841. The papers include correspondence with R. Fitzroy, L.A. Quetelet, J.W.G. Gutch, W. Farr, W.S. Harris, E. Sabine, E.J. Cooper, W.H. Sykes, J. Glaisher, J.T.R. Robinson, F. Beaufort, J.B. Reade, J.F.W. Herschel, J. Challis, J. Phillips, G. Fisher, C. Todd, T. Chevallier and A. Stevenson.
Dates
- Creation: 1837 - 1848
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
I3/22
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:55:16+00:00
Subject
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Chevallier, Temple, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
- Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) (Person)
- Phillips, John, 1800 - 1874 (geologist) (Person)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) (Person)
- Robinson, John Thomas Romney, 1792 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer and meteorologist) (Person)
- Fitzroy, Robert, 1805 - 1865 (hydrographer and meteorologist) (Person)
- Fisher, George, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
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