| Description | Containing various sets of notes and aide memoires, notably: barometer and thermometer observations, 16 May 1838-6 November 1842 [pp.3-42]; chronometer comparisons, including clocks by Thwaites & Reed, Parkinson & Troughton nos.2363, 2376, 2346, and 2370, Molyneux & Son no.1818, and by John McCabe no.152, 1 January-28 February 1841 [pp.44-47]; observed transits of stars, Sun, Moon and planets 17 February 1840 [?] -3 April 1841 [pp.48-108]; barometer and thermometer observations 25 May-3 December 1838 [pp.111-119]; evening flash of the gun 3 May-8 June 1841 [p.131]; and transits of stars 5-27 April 1841 [pp.132-139].
The volume has been used from both sides, therefore pp.1-47 are in the 'correct' reading orientation, while pp.48-150 appear upside down. A.B. Orlebar's name appears on the front inner board: 'To A.B. Orlebar Godbandon', alongside other notes.' |