Record

RefNoAP/23/7
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding a hurricane near Dumfries, Scotland from P Gardner to P M [Peter Mark] Roget
CreatorGardner; P (fl 1839)
Date29 January 1839
DescriptionGardner shares an account of a hurricane near Dumfries observed on 7 January 1839. He provides barometer and thermometer readings for 6 January 1839 and 7 January 1839.

Annotated in pencil throughout.

Subject: Meteorology

Written by Gardner at Glence House, Dumfries.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
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