Paper, 'Observations on the weather in a voyage to Hudson Bay in North America in 1730' by Christ [Christopher] Middleton
Reference number: CLP/9ii/24
Date: 1731
Description
Table describing meteorological conditions during a voyage to Hudson Bay in Canada. Values recorded include barometric pressure, temperature, longitude, latitude, wind, and a general description of the weather. John Patrick's barometer was used to make the observations.
Subject: Meteorology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations on the weather, in a voyage to Hudson’s Bay in North-America, in the Year 1730, by Mr. Christopher Middleton. Communicated by the same'.
Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1731.
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- CLP/9ii/24
- Earliest possible date
- 1731
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- Ink on paper
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christopher Middleton, Paper, 'Observations on the weather in a voyage to Hudson Bay in North America in 1730' by Christ [Christopher] Middleton, 1731, CLP/9ii/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_24/paper-observations-on-the-weather-in-a-voyage-to-hudson-bay-in-north-america-in-1730-by-christ-christopher-middleton, accessed on 17 July 2025
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IV. Observations on the weather, in a voyage to Hudson’s Bay in North-America, in the Year 1730, by Mr. Christopher Middleton. Communicated by the same External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0014
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Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
1666-1738 Reference number: CLP/9ii
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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