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RefNoAP/25/10/4
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished diagram, 'Climate of London: Yearly proportions of the opposite winds: The mean temperature and rain in a cycle of 18 years by the lunar declination' by Luke Howard
Date31 March 1841
DescriptionA circular chart in coloured ink showing meteorological data for the period 1815 to 1832. Around the centre of the circle is a KJV Bible passage, Genesis 1:14 ('And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years') and a reference to Psalm 104:19.

Subject: Meteorology
LanguageEnglish
Latin
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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