IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2408
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL
Date(s): 1795-1839
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Cowe | James | d 1873 | churchman and meteorologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Reverend James Cowe, MA, was vicar and rural dean at Sunbury Parish. He attended King's College Aberdeen.
This journal is the 83rd copy of a limited run of 90 copies of the Reverend Cowe's meteorological journal which was published in 1889. The Revd Cowe's daily readings (taken at 8 am) are of the following: temperature, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, barometer, wind direction, rain gauge (from 1 Aug 1796 onwards), brief description of the weather.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Meteorological journal kept at Sunbury Vicarage, 1795-1839, by the Revd James Cowe. The introduction includes Sunbury harvest tables, 1799-1839, by R C Bayard; statistical tables of meteorological data; and 2 photographs and a plan of Sunbury Vicarage garden.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This item was transferred by Surrey Record Office to the Greater London Record Office on 31 March 1987.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The original manuscript is held in the Jenyns Library, Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.