Manuscripts and correspondence, related to meteorological data, air temperature readings, and seasonal observations, 1864-1879

File — Box: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This small collection consists of weather observations and thermometrical readings taken intermittently between September 1864 and November 1883, as well as some scattered manuscript and printed letters, and printed ephemera. Daily temperature readings (minimum, maximum, and mean) taken between October 1876 and November 1883 form the bulk of the observations.

Also included are a register of "Rain Snow Barometer Thermometer Wind and Breeze...for the month of April 1869, at Retreat for the Insane, Hartford, CT;" a monthly rainfall chart observed at Reservoir No. 1 at West Hartford in 1869; and a printed "Table of Temperature at Santa Barbara, CA for the Year 1874, prepared by Dr. L.N. Dimmick."

Dates

Creation: 1864-1879

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.