| Description | Daily meteorological observations made mainly at Odiham, Hampshire, but also at Kensington, Middlesex. The location of the observations follows the author's travels, at which times instrument readings are not present, but he notes [p.3] that 'Having been on a Journey from home...the Act. was kept by a Servt. during that time...' At Odiham, single morning and afternoon observations are presented on opposing pages: the former made on the hour, usually at 8.00am but with some variation, and the latter on the hour varying from 1.00pm to 6.00pm.
Columns for day, date and hour of observation, wind direction, barometer and thermometer readings, and general weather observations.
Entries for observations at locations other than those at Odiham generally appear in red ink. These include London, Lincoln and Eaton [p.3], Winchester [p.7], and at Kensington [pp.16-19].
Title page [p.1] inscribed: 'A Meteorological Journal kept at Odiham in Hampshire from March 18 1795 to March 31 1786 by Alexander Baxter Esqr. Presented by the Author June 22 1786'. Stamped: 'Soc. Roy. Lond. ex dono Auctoris'. |