| Description | Daily meteorological observations at the Observatory, Port Louis, Mauritius [now the Republic of Mauritius]. Usually three to four readings per day, but with half-hourly observations on solstices. Columns recording day and hour, barometer, reduced barometer and variation [not used], thermometer, difference [not used], hygrometer, external heat and external cold, rain gauge, winds, weather, and remarks [not used and discontined in mid-December].
There are additional observations from the rear of the volume, reversed [pp.358-363], 2-16 January n.y., perhaps the commencement of 1836. |