| Description | Daily meteorological observations. Columns for phases of the Moon, date, maximum and minimum readings of the barometer and thermometers (in the office and in open air) in the morning, midday, afternoon and evening. Followed by columns for general observations, winds, hygrometer readings at morning, midday, afternoon and evening, day and night udometer readings. A summary of the main points of interest appears below the main table, signed 'Julien Desjardins'.
Headed [p.1]: 'Observations Meteorologiques, faites a Flacq (Ile Maurice), chez M. Julien Desjardins, pendant le Mois de Novembre 1836'. Inscribed [p.2]: 'Novembre 1836. A S.H. Edward. B. Blackburn Pour etre présenté a la Societé...Julien Desjardins'. [Edward Berens Blackburn (1786-1839) British colonial judge]. |