| AdminHistory | The Meteorological Archives collection was created in 1839 as the result of an order by the Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society which stated in a report of 21 November 1839 that: "the archives of the Society should be searched for meteorological observations, which when found should be stored separately" see report at MM/14/38. Meteorological observations have been solicited by the Royal Society during several periods of its history. In 1723 James Jurin appealed for observations via the 'Philosophical Transactions' and from 1725 instruments were sent to foreign observers to assist in this process. The resulting observations were abstracted in the 'Philosophical Transactions' by William Derham, Geroge Hadley and others, but are preserved entire in this series (though some also appear in other series including classified papers and early letters). The Royal Society kept its own observations for the period 1774-1843 from which date the duties were transferred to the Royal Greenwich Observatory. In the mid 19th century further impetus was given to such information gathering by the Meteorological Committee, and many of the manuscripts date from this time |