| Reference number | MA/387 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Magnetic observations at Flagstaff Observatory, Australia, by George Balthazar von Neumayer |
| Creator | Neumayer; Georg Balthasar von (1826 - 1909); German meteorologist |
| Date | 31 December 1858-31 December 1860 |
| Description | Hourly magnetic observations made at Flagstaff Hill Observatory, Melbourne, Victoria. Arranged by day, each section headed by the date; with readings taken from midnight to 11.00p.m. on each day. Columns for mean time, Moon's position and age [not completed], tides observed [not completed], declination, intensity, and inclination; with thermometer readings, columns for disturbances [completed only occasionally], and general remarks. The latter note phenomena such as earthquakes reported, and sightings of the aurora australis.
Headed [p.1]: 'Melbourne Observations' and signed by G B von Neumayer. Each observing page is initialled in pencil by Neumayer. The inner leaf is inscribed: 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Society London'. |
| Extent | 1 volume; 396p. [paginated pp.1-32; pp.308-366, with erratic numbering; then pp.1-306]. |
| Format | Printed |
| Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper. Quarter bound in black leather, black cloth boards. Spine gilding: 'Flagstaff Observatory. Melbourne 1859-1860'. Typed paper label on spine: 'MA.387'. |
| Dimensions | 340x225mm. |
| Access status | Open |