An essay explanatory of the tempest prognosticator in the building of the Great Exhibition for the Works of Industry of All Nations : read before the Whitby Philosophical Society, February 27th, 1851 / by George Merryweather.

The anemometer, the barometer, the rain gauge and the thermometer as portrayed by Charles Tomlinson / by Vernon Radcliffe.

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An essay explanatory of the tempest prognosticator in the building of the Great Exhibition for the Works of Industry of All Nations : read before the Whitby Philosophical Society, February 27th, 1851 / by George Merryweather.

The anemometer, the barometer, the rain gauge and the thermometer as portrayed by Charles Tomlinson / by Vernon Radcliffe.