Meteorological journal of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, Vol.1 (1823-1827) - Vol.2 (1828-March 1835)
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Meteorological journal of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, Vol.1 (1823-1827) - Vol.2 (1828-March 1835)
Classmark: SC/LPLS/12/4/1
Date(s): 1823-c.1850
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 vols and 1 envelope containing 3 vols and 121 loose items
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6020
Description
Contains handwritten records of thermometer and barometer readings, wind direction, weather and rainfall, with journal of observations taken daily from January 1823 to March 1835. Data for later dates inserted loose in the first volume, with rough notes and journals. Vol. 1 is preceded by the minutes of the first meeting of the Meteorological Committee, December 1821.
Biography or history
The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society was founded in 1819 and played an important role in further education, in both the sciences and the humanities, in Leeds throughout most of the 19th century. The changing patterns of higher education and other circumstances were causing the Society to reconsider the scope of its activities by the time of the First World War; after the War the Society transferred its museum to the City of Leeds and its library to the University, and concentrated its efforts on publishing the results of research, issuing since 1925 two series of 'Proceedings' ('Literary and Historical' and 'Scientific').
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