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RefNoMA/50/1
Previous numbersMA.50
LevelItem
TitleMeteorological observations at Southwick near Oundle, England, by George Lynn
CreatorLynn; George (1676-1742); British astronomer and antiquary
Date25 March-31 December 1726
DescriptionMonthly meteorological records kept at Southwick, Northamptonshire. The manuscript records the dates and times of observations, barometric pressure, temperature at 10.00am and 3.00pm, wind direction and strength, rainfall, and general remarks on the weather. With monthly means and rainfall totals.

Observations by Lynn are noted in the papers: ‘An abstract of the Meteorological diaries, communicated to the Royal Society, with remarks upon them…part V’, by William Derham, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.38 (1734), pp.458-470; and in ‘An account and abstract of the meteorological diaries communicated to the Royal Society, for the years 1729 and 1730’, by George Hadley, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.40 (1738), pp.154-175. Made in response to the paper: 'Invitatio ad observationes meteorologicas communi consilio instituendas', by James Jurin, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.32 (1723), pp.422-427.

Headed [p.1]: 'Southwick near Oundle Northamptonshire The Weather &c 1726'. In a different hand: 'By George Lynn Esqr.' Addressed: 'To Doctr. Jurin Secretary of the Royall Society, These'.
Extent26p. [pp.2-3 and 24-26 blank].
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions297x181mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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