Record

RefNoCLP/9ii/24
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Observations on the weather in a voyage to Hudson Bay in North America in 1730' by Christ [Christopher] Middleton
Date[1731]
DescriptionTable describing meteorological conditions during a voyage to Hudson Bay in Canada. Values recorded include barometric pressure, temperature, longitude, latitude, wind, and a general description of the weather. John Patrick's barometer was used to make the observations.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations on the weather, in a voyage to Hudson’s Bay in North-America, in the Year 1730, by Mr. Christopher Middleton. Communicated by the same'.

Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1731.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0014
RelatedRecordRBO/16/61
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5183Middleton; Christopher (- 1770) - 1770
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