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RefNoMA/341/1/14
Previous numbersMA.341
LevelItem
TitleMeteorological observations made at Mahabaleshwar, India, summarised by Edward Francis Tierney Fergusson
CreatorMaitland; Gilbert George William (1818-1900); British surgeon
Fergusson; Edward Francis Tierney (1823-1868); British naval officer
DateJanuary-December 1858
DescriptionTable of monthly means of observations made at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra State. Columns for mean reading of the barometer, corrected and reduced; mean elastic force of vaour; means and extremes of air temperature; evaporation and dew points; mean weights of water in a cubic foot of air, additional weight required for saturation, mean degree of humidity, and mean weight of a cubic foot of air; wind direction and strength, rainfall; and amount of cloud. Columns for wind strength and mean amount of cloud are annotated 'Not stated in the Returns'.

Headed: 'Monthly meteorological table for the station of Mahableshwur...during the year 185 8 the direction of Lieutt. Fergusson, I.N. [Indian Navy] F.R.A.S., Superintendent H.E.I. Co.'s Observatory at Bombay' [Mumbai]. Typed paper label [p.2]: 'Mahableshwur. Monthly avarages. 1858.'.
Extent2p.
FormatPrinted
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions415x333mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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