| Description | Daily meteorological observations made at Nottingham House, a Hudson's Bay Company station in Alberta, Canada. Commencing with three observations per day, at 8.00am, 2.00pm and 8.00pm, the times varying over the period. Columns for the date and times of observations, thermometer readings, wind direction and strength, with general weather remarks.
Headed [p.1]: 'An Account of Fahrenheit's Thermometer kept at Nottingham House, Athabasca Lake...The Thermometer a Spirit one, made by Dollond, of 10 inches Long, graduated to 100 below 0. Hung in the Shade, 5 feet above the Ground'. Stamped 'Soc. Reg. Lond.' and inscribed 'Presented by Joseph Colen Esqr. Dec. 6. 1804'. Signed [p.13] by Peter Fidler. |