Description | Daily meteorological observations made at Buckingham House, a Hudson's Bay Company station in Alberta, Canada. Commencing with observations made at 6.30am, 11.00am, 2.30pm and 8.30pm, there are usually three or four observations per day, at various times. Columns for the date and time, thermometer, wind direction and force, and general weather remarks. A note [p.1] states 'Farenheit's Thermometer'.
Headed [p.1]: 'Meteorological Observations taken at Buckingham House, Latitude 53 degrees 52' North & Longitude 110 degrees 42' West from London'. Stamped 'Soc. Reg. Lond.' and inscribed 'Presented by Joseph Colen Esqr., Dec. 9. 1802'. |