| Description | Daily observations on weather and natural history, kept at Mongewell, Oxfordshire. Entries are made on printed sheets for date, thermometer readings, barometer readings, wind direction and strength, rainfall, general weather remarks, with natural history and agricultural observations. The printed form specifies readings at 8.00am, 12.00, 4.00pm and 8.00pm, but with handwritten amendments and variations; the 8.00pm time is generally amended to 10.00pm or 11.00pm in manuscript.
Entries made within 'The Naturalist's Journal', with a preface by Daines Barrington (London, printed for Benjamin White, 1775). The printed columns are headed: Year; Place; Soil; Therm[omete]r; Barom[ete]r; Wind; Inches of Rain or Sn[ow] Size of Hail-st[one]; Weather; Trees first in leaf - Fungi first appear; Plants first in flower: Mosses vegetate; Birds and Insects first appear or disappear; Observations with regard to fish, and other animals; Miscellaneous Observations and Memorandums. Ther eis an index to the journal, which has not been completed in this volume. The book has printed pagination, pp.1-60.
This volume contains several loose paper insertions, which have been paginated in sequence. Entries for 30 January-31 March and 8 June-17 July are on one of these insertions. The volume commences with a note on 'The mistake on the days of this week', due to transcription from the previous book [p.6].
Paper label on the front cover inscribed; 'The Naturalist's Journal 1776''. |