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Unpublished paper and letter, 'Journal of the weather report at High Wycombe, Bucks lat. 51°36'44" north, long. 34'45" west, during the year 1831, with monthly observations' by James G [George] Tatem

Reference number: AP/15/28

Date: 1832

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Tatem provides meteorological observations taken at High Wycombe [Buckinghamshire, England], recording the greatest elevations and depressions of the barometer and thermometer over the course of 1831 as well as mean observations, with a discussion comparing these observations with previous years. It also includes data on rainfall and windspeeds. Preceded by a covering letter from Tatem to James Hudson.

Subject: Meteorology

Received by the Royal Society on 31 March 1832.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Journal of the weather, kept at High Wycombe during the year 1831, with monthly observations'.

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AP/15/28
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1832
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Unpublished paper and letter, 'Journal of the weather report at High Wycombe, Bucks lat. 51°36'44" north, long. 34'45" west, during the year 1831, with monthly observations' by James G [George] Tatem, 1832, AP/15/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_15_28/unpublished-paper-and-letter-journal-of-the-weather-report-at-high-wycombe-bucks-lat-513644-north-long-3445-west-during-the-year-1831-with-monthly-observations-by-james-g-george-tatem, accessed on 15 March 2026

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