| Description | Table of maximum and minimum readings of: the declination magnetometer; maximum and minimum of the horizontal force magnetometer and its thermometer; maximum and minimum of the vertical force magnetometer and its barometer, corrected; maximum and minimum readings of the standard thermometer; maximum and minimum readings of the dry and wet bulb thermometers in the Observatory; and maximum and minimum readings of the dry and wet bulbs in the shade.
Signed [p.6]: 'C.M. Elliot Lt. Engineers'. Also initialled and signed as checked by W. Downes. Inscribed in pencil [p.8]: 'No.2 Maximum & Minimum Abstract of the magnetic & Meteorological Instruments October 1843', and 'via Southampton 11 May 44'. |