The Climate of London: Deduced from Meteorological Observations

Luke Howard

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139226905

The 'student of clouds' Luke Howard (1772–1864) published this work of statistics on weather conditions in London in two volumes, in 1818 and 1820. Howard was by profession an industrial chemist, but his great interest in meteorology led to his studies on clouds (also reissued in this series), and his devising of the system of Latin cloud names which was adopted internationally and is still in use. Volume 2 contains a preface in which Howard discusses the reasons for the order of presentation of his material, which, he disarmingly admits with hindsight, might have been improved. The tabular material in this volume, supplied with notes and commentary citing published reports from around Europe, comes from observations made at Tottenham in the period 1817–19. This historic material will be of interest to environmental scientists as well as to those interested in the history of meteorology.

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Frontmatter
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND VOLUME
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Meteorological Obserbations Made At Tottenham, near london, in the years
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TABLE CXXVII
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TABLE CXXXIX
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TABLE CLI
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OF THE CLIMATE OF LONDON
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OF THE PRESSURE
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OF THE WINDS
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OF THE EVAPORATION
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OF THE MOISTURE BY THE HYGROMETER
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OF THE DEW - OR VAPOUR - POINT
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OF THE RAIN
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OF THE LUNAR PERIODS
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SUMMARY
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TABLE OF LUNATIONS
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TERMINOLOGY OF CLOUDS, &c.
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INDEX
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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

PREFACE TO THE SECOND VOLUME
pp iii-viii

Meteorological Obserbations Made At Tottenham, near london, in the years
pp 1-1

TABLE CXXVII
pp 2-37

TABLE CXXXIX
pp 38-73

TABLE CLI
pp 74-88

OF THE CLIMATE OF LONDON
pp 89-144

OF THE PRESSURE
pp 145-154

OF THE WINDS
pp 155-161

OF THE EVAPORATION
pp 162-171

OF THE MOISTURE BY THE HYGROMETER
pp 172-176

OF THE DEW - OR VAPOUR - POINT
pp 177-180

OF THE RAIN
pp 181-220

OF THE LUNAR PERIODS
pp 221-287

SUMMARY
pp 288-328

TABLE OF LUNATIONS
pp 329-332

TERMINOLOGY OF CLOUDS, &c.
pp 333-350

INDEX
pp 351-361

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