| Description | Daily meteorological records kept at Wittenberg, Saxony-Anholdt, at various times, commencing with four or five observations per day [8.00am, 10am, 4.00pm, 8.00pm amd 10.00pm on 1 January], decreasing towards the year end. Columns for date and time of observations, barometer I and II, thermometer I and II, readings, 'Dreb', wind direction and strength, with general remarks. Full sets of observations cease on 27 October, with wind observations only continuing to 11 November. Full observations continue briefly, 12-18 November, before reverting to wind only, with occasional remarks, until 29 December
Observations in response to James Jurin's appeal for information in the paper: 'Invitatio ad observationes meteorologicas communi consilio instituendas', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.32 (1723), pp.422-427.
With an introductory statement [p.1] headed: 'Observationes Barometricae, Thermometricae, et ventorum Wittebergae institutae Anno 1726 St. Vet.' [Barometric and thermometric observations, and winds of Wittenberg instituted in 1726...'. Signed 'Joh: Matthias Hassius Mathem. Prof. P. Witteberg'. |