| RefNo | AP/1/7 |
| Previous numbers | AP.1.7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Statement of observations on the fall of the mercury between the tropics, prior to, and during storms' by unknown author |
| Date | [1810] |
| Description | Paper concerning the testing of meteorologists' claims that the mercury 'is not liable to fall much in the Barometer between the Tropics at any time; and that it is only in high latitudes, where a great fall of the Mercury is experienced during storms'. Data used included:
A register of the mercury in a barometer made by Dollond (kept by Captain William Donaldson of the Honourable East India Company's ship, Neptune) prior to and during the progress of a typhoon in September-October 1809, in which the Company's ship, True Briton, foundered near the south coast of China;
A register of the mercury in a barometer (kept by Captain Clarke of the Wexford) prior to and during a typhoon in September 1810, in which the Company's ship Elphinstone was dismasted, in the China Sea;
A register of the mercury in a barometer (kept by James Horsburgh of the ship Anna) prior to and during a storm near the coast of Cochin-china [modern day Vietnam] in July 1804;
A statement of the fall of the mercury prior to a gale of wind experienced in the Anna at the entrance of Bengal River [Hooghly River or Bhāgirathi-Hooghly in West Bengal, India] by James Horsburgh.
Subject: Meteorology |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2778 | Horsburgh; James (1762 - 1836) | 1762 - 1836 |