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  <dc:title>Meteorological observations at Trois-Rivières [Quebec], Canada, by William Barr</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Daily readings of external temperature, taken morning and evening, with notes on snowfall [in inches], rain, wind direction and weather [cloud-cover]. With general weather diary observations. 

Commencing 'Register of the Weather kept at Trois-Rivières'. In pencil: 'by Mr. Barr'. A postscript [p.149] reads: 'The above Observations were taken by Fahrenheit's Thermometer, which was placed in a Garden. The degrees of Cold were marked down at 6 O'Clock in the morning, &amp; at 9 O'Clock in the Evening. The letters a &amp; b, denote the Mercury to be above or below 0'. 

Previous meteorological journals kept at Montreal by William Barr, for some months of the years 1776-1777 and 1778-1779, were published in the Philosophical Transactions. Barr was styled 'Purveyor to his Majesty's hospitals in Canada'.

Tables appear on recto pages only.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>8 November 1779-16 April 1780</dc:date>
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