RefNo | RBO/20/26 |
AltRefNo | RBO.20.234 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'An Account and Abstract of the Meteorological Diaries communicated to the Royal Society for the years 1729 and 1730' by George Hadley |
Date | 1737 |
Description | Hadley was the successor to William Derham
Lists the diaries that he has received: from Francis Hauksbee at Crane Court, George Lynn at Southwick near Oundle in Northamptonshire, Olave Broman, S Laurelius, Andreas Celsius, Torstanus Wassenius, Conrad Quensel, and A Geringius from Sweden, M Hasiu and J Weidler from Saxony, Poleni from Padua, Mr Bellamy from Bengal, Paul Dudley from Boston in New England, Cyrillus from Naples
Hadley extracted a table from the diaries - explains the table and offers observations of it Read to the Royal Society on 31 March 1737 |
Language | English |
Extent | 20 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 447, p 154 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5043 | Hadley; George (1685 - 1768) | 1685 - 1768 |