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Paper, 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. I. On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature, as recorded at the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers

Reference number: PP/2/25

Date: 1882

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Chambers writes: 'The present investigation is on the model of one by Dr Balfour Stewart, published in the “Proc. Roy. Soc.” (vol. 25, p. 577), and dealing with similar records obtained at the Kew Observatory. The records extend, in the present case, from June 1, 1847, to December 31, 1880, and consist of excesses of the highest temperature observed above the lowest temperature observed on every observation day of the period, and all are therefore necessarily positive numbers.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology / Magnetism

Received 30 May 1882. Read 15 June 1882.

A version of this paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature, as recorded at the colaba observatory, Bombay'.

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PP/2/25
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1882
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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27 pages
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Charles Chambers, Paper, 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. I. On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature, as recorded at the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers, 1882, PP/2/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_2_25/paper-sun-spots-and-terrestrial-phenomena-i-on-the-variations-of-the-daily-range-of-atmospheric-temperature-as-recorded-at-the-colaba-observatory-bombay-mumbai-by-charles-chambers, accessed on 19 April 2025

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