Lieutenant-Colonel Kyd's proposal for keeping meteorological registers at different stations to examine the physical effects of climate
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pp 347-49 Suggests that Collectors in the provinces keep a regular meteorological register to provide the administration with information by which to examine the physical effects of the climate. p 354. Encloses a draft scheme for the register, submitted as "an outline for correction".
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Kyd regarding the cultivation of the prickly pear and cochineal insect; plus recording meteorological and agricultural information
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No. 19, Letter from Lieutenant Coloneal Robert Kyd dated 08 Sep 1788. [pp 258-346] Kyd discusses the expedition of Thiery de Menonville to Guaxaca to retrieve samples of the prickly pear and cochineal insect. The letter contains extensive extracts from Nicolas-Joseph Thiery de Menonville, Traité...