Record

RefNoMA/201/1
Previous numbersMA.201
LevelItem
TitleMeteorological observations at Fort William, Bengal, India, by Thomas Deane Pearse
CreatorPearse; Thomas Deane (1741/2-1789); British army officer in the East India Company
Date1 June 1777-4 November 1784
DescriptionDaily records of the weather at Fort William [Kolkata], taken at varying times, most often two records per day, morning and afternoon. Columns for date and time, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer inside and outside, kind and quantity of clouds, wind direction and force, rain, and miscellanous remarks. Rainfall totals are carried over and totalled per month. The miscellaneous observations are often general or unusual weather events, but there are also records of earthquakes, for example [p.35]: 'A slight shock of an Earthquake...I did not feel it, but those I was sitting with did...'

Stamped [p.1]: Soc. Reg. Lond. ex dono Auctoris'.
Extent244p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions372x255mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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