| Description | A register of the weather, January 1805-December 1811. Each monthly entry records the daily temperature, observations on the sky, wind and rain, and any general observations or remarks (such as days he was away in London or a new moon). The highest and lowest point of the thermometer in the shade and in the open air or house is recorded, as is the number of days it rained or snowed or if the sky was clear or cloudy. It also records the proportion of sick for the month (for example, 1/30 for January 1805 (page 1)) and sometimes the prevailing diseases for the month (for example, remittent fever and pneumonia for June 1807 (page 30)).
The different locations where each monthly entry was recorded is also usually noted:
Windsor: January-March 1805
London: August 1805
Beverley: October-December 1805
Winchester: April-July 1806
Portsmouth: August, October-November 1806, February, April-June 1807, April, June 1809, June 1810, January 1811, March-December 1811
[There are no entries between September 1809 and April 1810 and between June and October 1810.] |