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IOR/F/4/2452/135943
- Record Id:
- 041-002765527
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226152
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023069945.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100051883022.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2452/135943
- Title:
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Arrangements for taking meterorological observations in India
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence regarding the proposals by Major General Sir J F Burgoyne, that a series of meteorological observations be made across the principal stations for European Troops and sanitorial stations across India. Involves discussion over the locations to be included, necessary equipment, and whether Engineers or Medical Officers ought to take the recordings.
Includes copy of the proceedings of the Committee appointed to select locations.
Readings to be taken at:
- Bengal - Murree, Laudour, Lahore, Amballah [Umballa], with additional recordings made at Calcutta and Lucknow
- Madras - Bangalore, Hydrabad, Dodabettah, with additional recordings made at Madras and Frevandrum
- Bombay - Belgaum, Desa, Kurrachee, with additional recordings made at Colaba
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Medical Archives
India Office Records - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226152
041-002765527 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2452 : Board's Collections Vol 2452 nos 135777 to 135966
IOR/F/4/2452/135943 : Arrangements for taking meterorological observations in India - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2456]/040-002226152[0001]/041-002765527
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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61 pages
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100051883022.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 1851-1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burgoyne, John Fox, 1st Baronet, of the Army, army officer, 1782-1871
- Related Material:
- Bengal Military. Draft 254/1052