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IOR/F/4/1978/86992
- Record Id:
- 041-000754274
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000754256
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000344.0x0003a1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/1978/86992
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- Report by Dr William Griffith, Assistant Surgeon, on the botanical, zoological, agricultural and natural productions of Afghanistan as well as its geography and geology, and a memorial from him on the subject of his allowances (includes a sketch of a characteristic Afghan scene north of Chardeh showing the glacis slope, the undulated lower ranges and the frequently isolated hills, p.54; three sketches showing sections of the surface of the ordinary form of an Afghan valley, the surface of the other form of valley such as that to the immediate west of Kabul, and a superficial oblique section of Peshawar valley, of the Khyber range and the valley of Dhukka, pp.60-61; a colour map of the valley of Dhukka or Lalpore (scale 2000 yards to 1.03 of an inch), p.97; a list of useful or ornamental plants adapted to the middle regions of Afghanistan, pp.122-124; astronomical observations: observations for latitude, altitudes of the sun or stars, and observations for azimuth, time, and longitude, pp.127-145; tables of barometrical and thermometrical observations made in Afghanistan, Upper Sind and Kutch Gundara during 1839-1840, pp.147-177; a list of Afghan Herbaria, pp.181-186; and a list of the collection of fish by Dr McClelland while employed west of the Indus, pp.193-198)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000754256
041-000754274 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/1978 : Board's Collections Vol 1978 nos 86945 to 87048
IOR/F/4/1978/86992 : Report by Dr William Griffith, Assistant Surgeon, on the botanical, zoological, agricultural and natural productions of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[1982]/040-000754256[0018]/041-000754274
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- Aug 1837-Dec 1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Ben Pub 01 Feb 1843, draft 24/1843; IOR/E/4/773 pp.237-244