| Description | Daily, hourly, and half-hourly observations of the weather made at Colaba Observatory. Commencing [pp.3-5] with morning and evening observations made each day at sunrise, 9.30a.m., 9.30p.m., and sunset during March and April 1841, with columns for the date, thermometer, wet bulb thermometer, and cloud cover. The observations become more detailed from 22 April 1841, resolving into (usually) half-hourly observations taken at Bombay [Mumbai] mean time, with columns for the barometer and attached thermometer, standrad thermometer, dry and wet bulb thermometer, difference, corrected barometer, wind direction, observer initial, and general remarks.
Title page [p.1] headed 'Meteorology', with a profile sketch of a man's head, and notes on the position of the observatory. |