Collection RS80 - Meteorological Abstracts

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC RS80

Title

Meteorological Abstracts

Date(s)

  • 1841-1854 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 bundle of papers

Context area

Name of creator

(1840-1854)

Administrative history

Rossbank functioned from 1840 to 1854 as one of a chain of British Colonial Observatories which combined with European and Asian observatories in the study of terrestrial magnetism. It was established in Hobart, Tasmania, by the Governor of Van Diemen's ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Royal Society of Tasmania by the Central Meteorological Bureau, Melbourne, through the Meteorological Bureau, Hobart. 1941

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Abstracts of meteorological data collected during 1841 - 1854 for Hobarton taken at the 'Observatory', noting: thermometer (mean maximum & minimum and highest and lowest, dry and wet bulb), humidity, barometer, wind, rain, clouds, remarks.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

Publication note

Results of five years' meteorological observations for Hobart Town : with which are incorporated the results of thirty years' observations previously published by the Royal Society of Tasmania and completing a period of thirty-five years / tabulated from ... »

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2020

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