RefNo | AP/23/42 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished observations, 'A few extracts from a meteorological journal kept at Allenheads in the county of Northumberland [England]' by William Walton |
Date | 16 March 1840 |
Description | Walton presents meteorological observations for the period 1 January 1839 to 31 December 1839. The measurements are recorded in a table with headings 9am (barometer, attached thermometer), 3pm (barometer, attached thermometer), external thermometer (9am, 3pm), rain in inches, and remarks. This is followed by general observations by Walton.
Marked on front as 'Archives 9 July 1840'. Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Meteorology
Received 19 March 1840.
Written by Walton at Allenheads.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Extracts from a Meteorological Journal kept at Allenheads, in the county of Northumberland'. |
Extent | 33p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
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AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0111 |
RelatedRecord | MC/3/75 |
RR/1bis/50 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5534 | Walton; William (- 1863) | - 1863 |