Record

RefNoMA/341/2/6
Previous numbersMA.341
LevelFile
TitleMeteorological observations made at Deesa, India, summarised by Govind Ramchundra and Hurry Chintamun
CreatorRamchundra; Govind (fl.1850s); Indian observatory assistant
Hurry [Hari?] Chintamun (fl.1850s); Indian observatory assistant
Fergusson; Edward Francis Tierney (1823-1868); British naval officer
DateMarch-December 1854
January-December 1858
DescriptionAnnual monthly mean results of meteorological observations made at Deesa, Gujarat State. Two sheets, with results from 1854 and 1858. The 1854 tabular summary includes columns for morning and afternoon observations of barometers, thermometer, dew point, humidity and wind, with maximums and minimums of self-registering thermometers and rainfall.

The 1858 table has columns for corrected barometer, mean temperatures of air and evaporation at 9.30am and 3.30pm; the same for dew point computed by Glaisher's tables, Apjohn tables, and observed by Daniell's hygrometer and Regnault's hygrometer; means for elasticity and humidity of vapour, with weights; wind pressure and cloud cover; maximum temperature in the Sun and mimimum on grass; temperature of air, temperature of evaporation, maximum pressure of wind, and rainfall.

The 1854 summary sheet is anonymous. The 1858 results are credited: 'Deduced at the Meteorological observatory Bombay [Mumbai] by Govind Ramchundra and Hurry Chintamun'. and signed by E.F.T. Fergusson, Superintendent of the Government Observatory. Both sheets have typed paper labels verso.
Extent4p.
FormatPrinted
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions386x496mm.
561x764mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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