Description | Daily meteorological records kept at Wittenberg, Saxony-Anholdt, at various times, between one and five observations per day. Columns for date and time of observations, barometer I and II, thermometer I, II and III, wind direction and strength, with general remarks.
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.
Headed [p.1]: 'Observationes Barometricae et Thermometricae et ventorum Wittebergae institutae per anum 1727 Styl: Jul: Witteberg...' [Barometric and thermometric observations, and winds of Wittenberg instituted in 1727 in Julian calendar style...'. Inscribed above: 'Hasis'. Inscribed [p.24]: 'Wittenbergs 1727' [1728 crossed through]. |