| Description | Daily meteorological observations made at York Fort, the Hudson's Bay Company station also known as York Factory, Manitoba, Canada. Commencing with observations made at 6.00am, midday, 3.00pm and at 9.00pm., with time variations during this period, and up to seven observations taken on any one day. Columns for the date and tome, thermometers 1-4, barometer, wind direction and force, with general remarks on the weather, including many observations of the aurora borealis and other phenomena, the condition of river ice, occasional nature observations, and the impact of cold on people.
A note [p.2] provides details of the multiple thermometers in use: 'No.1 Cary's Spirit Thermometer fixed in the Inner Yard of the Fort. 2. d[itt]o. in Study. 3. d[itt]o. Mercurial in Sitting Room. 4. Blunt's Spirit Ther. fixed on the NW Curtain'.
Headed [p.3]: 'Meteorological Remarks 1795 at York Fort Hudson's Bay Lat. 57.2 North Long. 93.0 West.'. Stamped 'Soc. Reg. Lond.' and inscribed 'Presented by Joseph Colen Esqr.'. |