Record

RefNoMA/347/5
Previous numbersMA.347
LevelItem
TitleMeteorological observations from the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai], India, by Edward Ferguson and communicated by W H Sykes
CreatorFergusson; Edward Francis Tierney (1823-1868); British naval officer
Sykes; William Henry (1790-1872); British army officer in the East India Company and naturalist
DateJanuary-December 1854
DescriptionTwo copies of a table of monthly observations showing annual and monthly mean readings of meteorological instruments. Including force and direction of wind, cloud, dew point and rainfall. With a note on 'a severe cyclone' on 2 November 1854.

Inscribed [p.2]: 'Analyses of Meteorological observations for 1854 taken at the Bombay Observatory by Lt. Fergusson Indian Navy. Communicated by Col. Sykes'.
Extent4p. [p.4 blank]
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions389x495mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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