| Description | Daily meteorological observations made at Gravesend, Kent. Three sets of observations per day, at 8.00am, 3.00pm and 10.00pm. Columns for the day and hour, barometer, thermometer and hygrometer readings, wind direction and strength, weather remarks, rainfall, evaporation, dew and 'imbibed'.
The manuscript contains [p.26]: 'An epitome of the state of the weather; for the year 1787, with monthly summaries of the highest and lowest measurements of the barometer, thermometer and hygrometer, numbers of changes in wind direction, number of observations of types of weather, rainfall totals; with totals, ranges and means of evaporation, and totals for imbibed and dew.
It concludes [pp.27-31] with additional text by Kite, commencing: 'It must be allowed that it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the mind to form a correct idea of the variations of the different instruments, when expressed by numbers only. It appeared to me, that in order to obviate ths inconvenience, & to produce the proper & full effect - it would be necessary to combine space with numbers: with this in view, I have contrived the following table, which may be called a meteorological chart...' The author goes on to describe this, which is not present.
Headed [p.1]: 'Meteorological Register for the year 1787'. |