Meteorology

Date:
1857-1885
Reference:
GALTON/2/2
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Notes, diagrams, correspondence and reports relating to weather charts and symbols, weather systems, definitions of cyclones and anticyclones, observations on the height and movement of clouds, and Galton's contribution on "Meteorology" for the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Also includes a pastel by James Nasmyth depicting a meteor sighted at his home in Kent.

Publication/Creation

1857-1885

Physical description

1 box

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Where to find it

Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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