Meteorology
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers on meteorology, 1829 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/701
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding, chiefly, meteorological instruments and experiments, with related papers. The volume includes illustrations and a description of G. Dollond's weather instrument for measuring wind, rain, humidity and temperature; material on J.T. Goddard's improved anenometer; instructions for fixing the standard barometer; a piece from the 'Nautical Magazine' on an aneroid barometer; 'Lawson's meteorological thermometer stand'; discussions with J.D. Forbes on one year's...
Dates:
1829 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on meteorology, 1858 - 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/702
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding, primarily, meteorological instruments and results, with related papers. The volume includes abstracts and explanations of weather conditions, 1858-1860, by J.M. Saxby; a description of a meteorograph by P.A. Secchi, with illustrations; a 'determination of index errors of the transit circle and altazimuth barometers'; experiments with Robinson's anenometer; notes on instruments and observations by J. Glaisher; correspondence with R. Fitzroy on weather reports;...
Dates:
1858 - 1860
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on meteorology, 1861 - 1865
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/703
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding meteorology and meteorological instruments. The correspondents include R. Fitzroy, T.J. Main, M. Faraday, G. Fisher, C.V. Walker, A.S. Herschel, Lord Wrottesley, W.H. Sykes, J.V. Lamont, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J.F.W. Herschel, F. Galton, W.H. Miller, H. James, W. Farr, J.D. Forbes and N. Beardmore. The volume includes an extract from 'The Standard', 24 March 1865, on an 'Extraordinary Meteoric Arch'; printed circulars concerning the observation of meteors; a...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on meteorology, 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/393
Scope and Contents
Tables of the mean temperature made during the 50-year period 1841-1890, and a booklet by W.C. Nash titled 'On the Observations of rainfall, made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the years 1841 to 1879'.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Comité Météorologique International, 1900 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/129
Scope and Contents
Printed proceedings of the meeting of 15 September 1900.Printed list of resolutions passed at the above meeting, 1900.Printed circulars concerning observations to be circulated, 1900.Printed circular from Paris concerning circulating barometric information, 1900.Printed circular giving notice of a conference at Innsbruck, 1905.Printed agenda for the above meeting, 1905.Printed circular of questions for the above meeting,...
Dates:
1900 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics, 1937 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/611
Scope and Contents
Minutes of meetings of the Meteorological Sub-committee of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, with a small set of correspondence concerning delegates to talks in Washington, expenses and funds, and matters to be brought forward.
Dates:
1937 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Meteorological Council, 1879 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/125
Scope and Contents
Papers discussing a table of equivalents of the Beaufort Scale intermingled with papers on tables of sunshine, 1906.Meteorological Office circular on Beaufort's Scale of wind force, 1906. Tables of averages of temperature, rainfall and bright sunshine based on observations taken during 1866-1900, with related correspondence, 1906.Papers concerning the meteorological reports of the Royal Observatory, 1906-1908.Letters concerning observations of gross minimum...
Dates:
1879 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Meteorological Council, 1877 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/126
Scope and Contents
Annual reports of meteorological work carried out at the Royal Observatory, 1895-1930.Monthly reports from the Royal Observatory to the Royal Meteorological Society on recorded minimum and maximum temperatures, 1903-1911.Balloting lists and notices of lectures and exhibitions for the Royal Meteorological Society, 1877-1894.Annual reports of meteorological work carried out at the Royal Observatory, 1877-1893.Correspondence between W. Marriott and the Royal...
Dates:
1877 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Reductions for Tenerife expedition, 1856
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/219
Scope and Contents
Reductions of the 'Mountain Meteorological Journal' from the astronomical expedition to Tenerife, with a note at the back by C. Piazzi Smyth on the reductions.
Dates:
1856
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Reductions for Tenerife expedition, 1856
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/221
Scope and Contents
Reductions of the barometer, thermometer and hygrometer observations at sea level in the 'Weather Book' of the astronomical expedition to Tenerife.
Dates:
1856
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sir William Napier Shaw: Correspondence and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8434
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, reports, lectures and miscellaneous papers on meteorological matters and education.
Dates:
1850-1950 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Sir William Napier Shaw: Scientific Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8124
Scope and Contents
General 1. Folder entitled 'Twice Twenty & Four', containing typed pages for Napier Shaw's autobiography, as well as press cuttings, letters and a menu. 2. Photograph album of 'The Cruise of RMS Duchess of Richmond, 25 Jan. - 7 Mar., 1927'. 3. Photograph album, untitled, c.1927, containing mostly group photographs. 4. Napier Shaw, 'cave letters', 1903-1933. 5. Photographs of Napier Shaw, including a Christmas card from D.C. Archibald. 6. Meteorological photographs and some journal...
Dates:
1901-1945 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Weather book of Tenerife expedition, 1856
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/220
Scope and Contents
'Weather book, Abstract Log and Meteorological register at the level of the Sea' of the astronomical expedition to Tenerife, kept by those on board the ship, including the index error of the instruments, diagrams of the different types of clouds, graphs of the barometer range and other items.
Dates:
1856
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).