| Reference number | MA/19/2 |
| Previous numbers | MA.19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Meteorological observations at Kåfjord, Alta, Norway, by Stephen Henry Thomas |
| Creator | Thomas; Stephen Henry (1813-1869); British mine manager |
| Date | October 1837-September 1838 |
| Description | Annual table of monthly means for the period October 1837-September 1838. With means for barometer and thermometer readings taken at 9.00am, 2.00pm and 9.00pm with average daily means, numbers of observations, maximums and minimums, greatest range, and general weather remarks. With a second table recording 'Temperature of the Seasons, height of the Barometer', with means for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Headed [p.1]: 'Meteorological observations made at Alten for the 12 months, beginning October 1837 and ending September, 30th 1838.' Endorsed [p.2]: Meteorological Observans. Alten October 1837 to Sep. 1838'.
These tables are notes as having been read at the Royal Society on 9 January 1840 as: 'Meteorological observations made between October, 1837, and April, 1839, at Alten in Finmarken', by S.H. Thomas, Abstracts of papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, v.4 (1843), p.195. They are discussed in the slightly longer paper read on 21 May 1840: 'Remarks on the meteorological observations made at Alten, Finmarken, by Mr. S. H. Thomas in the years 1837, 1838, and 1839', by Edward Sabine and W H Sykes, Abstracts of the papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, v.4 (1843), pp.229-231. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 255x432mm. |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | doi: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0117 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |