| Description | Tables of atmospheric electricity observations at Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Columns for date, hour, latitude and longitude, 1st earth, air, second earth, difference, potential difference, wind and weather, and general remarks. The volume commences with [p.2] a note that 'Wind and weather are recorded in Beaufort's notation...Portable Electrometer No.81 used'.
Made during National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 [the Discovery Expedition] led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
Inscribed [p.1]: 'Atmospheric Electricity. Observations with Thomson Portable Electrometer'. Label to inner front board: 'Evans Hallewell & Co. Manufacturing Stationers 5, Ave Maria Lane, Ludgate Hill, E.C. Regsiter Number 47256'. |