Record

RefNoMA/151
Previous numbersMA.151
LevelFile
TitleMeteorological observations at Port Louis, Mauritius, [by John Augustus Lloyd?]
CreatorLloyd; John Augustus (1800-1854); British engineer and surveyor
Date1 January-31 December 1835
DescriptionDaily 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.
Extent1 volume: 366p. [blank pages between months, and pp.190-357 blank].
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper. Half bound in red leather, marbled paper boards. Paper label to front board, inscribed in ink: 'Meteorological Observations at the Observatory of Port Louis during the Year 1835'. Typed paper label on spine: 'Met. Arch. 151'.
Dimensions203x168mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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