An account of the bequest of George James Symons, F.R.S., to the Royal Meteorological Society / by William Marriott.

  • Marriott, William, 1848-1916.
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: An account of the bequest of George James Symons, F.R.S., to the Royal Meteorological Society / by William Marriott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Note, that the Honorable Rob. Boyle, Esq., as Dr. Beale tells us, in Phil. Trans. N. 9, p. 153, was the first that ever discovered this Useful Instrument to the English Nation, and therefore does deserve from us all due Acknowledge- ments for those Benefits which we either have or may hereafter receive by it. William Cock.—Meteorology : or the True way of Foreseeing and Judging the Inclination of the Air, and Alteration of the Weather in several Regions. 12mo. London, 1703. Mr. Symons’ note is “ extremely scarce. I never heard of another copy, and had to pay £1 at Sotheby’s for this in July 1894.” An Exact Relation of the late Dreadful Tempest : Or a Faithful Account of the Most Remarkable Disasters which hapned on that occasion. The Places where, and Persons Names who suffer’d by the same, in City and Countrey : the Number of Ships, Men, and Guns, that were lost, the miraculous Escapes of several Persons from the Dangers of that calamity both by Sea and Land. Faithfully collected by an Ingenious Hand, to preserve the Memory of so Terrible a Judgment. 8vo. London, 1704. This is a pamphlet of 24 pages (but bound up wTith blank leaves, for padding), for which Mr. Symons paid 10s. It contains an account of “ the Great Storm ” which occurred on November 26, 1703. [See A. Gifford, p. 252]. Daniel Defoe.—The Storm : A Collection of the most remarkable Casualties and Disasters, which happen’d in the late dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land, on Friday, the Twenty-sixth of November, Seventeen Hundred and Three. Second Edition. 8vo. London, 1704. This is a very full account of the same Storm as that described in the preceding work. [The Society has a copy of the first edition of Defoe’s book in the Library.] John Gadbury.—Nauticum Astrologicum : or the Astrological Seaman.' 8vo. London, 1710. This includes “a Diary of the Weather, Carefully Observed for xxi. Years Compleat, etc., beginning at November the 11th Anno 1668, and ending the 31st of December Anno 1689. Design’d for the Service of Philosophers, Physicians, Astrologers, and all other Faithful Observers of the Various Wonders that are to be found in God’s Creation.” This appears to be one of the earliest daily records of the weather kept in London. R. Budgen.—The Passage of the Hurricane from the Sea-side at Bexhill in Sussex to Newingden-Level, the twentieth day of May, 1729, between nine and ten in the Evening. 8vo. London, 1730. This is one of the earliest discussions on Tornadoes, and is illustrated by a map showdng the path and width of the tornado in question. The Author says :— . . . The distance from the Sea-side to Newingden-Level is about twelve Miles, which it passed over in twenty minutes ; and if we take seventy rods for