Record

RefNoMA/252/4
Previous numbersMA.252
LevelFile
TitleMagnetic and meteorological observations at the Madras Observatory, India, by Samuel Owen Edgar Ludlow
CreatorLudlow; Samuel Owen Edgar (d.1888); British army officer in India
Date1-31 January 1843
DescriptionCollected tables for one month's observations at Madras [Chennai]. Containing sheets headed: 'Abstracts of daily observations...' [of vertical force, horizontal force, and declination magnetometers and attached barometer and thermometers, with other instruments]; 'Abstract of hourly observations...'; 'Abstracts of term-day observations...' [18-19 January 1843, Gottingen mean time]. With temperature, dew point and radiation measurements; general abstracts of meteorological observations; direction or azimuth of the wind; force of the wind; abstracts of the state of the weather; and a rain register.

Each monthly sheet is signed by S.O.E. Ludlow, as Superintendent of the Observatory.
Extent67p. [some blank pages]
FormatPrinted
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper.
DimensionsVarious sizes
AccessStatusOpen
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