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  <dc:title>Meteorological observations at the Royal Society's apartments at Somerset House, London, by [Stephen Lee?]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Daily meteorological observations made at Somerset House, generally made in the morning and afternoon. On printed sheets, with columns for the date, time [scored through and replaced with 'sixes', but largely blank after January], external and interior thermometers, barometer, hygrometer, rain, direction and strength of winds, and general weather remarks. A pasted-in note [p.30] describes 'a violent storm' on 30 July 1820. Monthly summaries of rain and general readings appear on pp.50-51.

Published as 'Meteorological Journal, kept at the apartments of the Royal Society, by order of the President and Council', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.111 (1821), pp.1-26 [additional].  

Contemporary paper label to front cover, inscribed: 'Meteorological Journal for the Year 1820'. Front inner cover stamped: 'The Royal Society of London'. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>1 January 1820-2 January 1821</dc:date>
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