Description | Meteorological observations on board the Marine Society training vessel, formerly the merchantman 'Beatty', moored at Deptford Creek on the Kent-Surrey border, England. Two sets of readings per day, at 8.00am and at 4.00pm. Columns for day and date, observation times, thermometer [in degrees] and barometer [in inches], wind direction and weather.
Headed [p.1]: 'Marine Society Ship Moored off Deptford Creek. Observatory upon Greenwich Hill bearing S E 1/2 S. Barometer and Thermometer upon the Mizzen Mast on the Gun Deck'. Stamped [p.2]: 'Soc. Reg. Lond.' ands inscribed in ink 'Presented by the Rev. Samuel Glasse D.D. F.R.S. Jany. 24 1799'. With a half title page [p.3]: 'Observations From January 1st 1792 to December the 31st 1797 Inclusive'. |