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Meteorological Registers

Meteorological Registers

1 sheet

A bill of account from Mr A Royle to John Dalton

1 page

Letter from John Dalton to T E Suliot

1 page

Letter from John Dalton to his cousin R Benson

2 pages on 1 leaf

Letter from John Dalton to John Fell

1 page

Letter from John Dalton to Robt. Abbatt

3 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from John Dalton to Peter Crosthwaite

2 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from John Dalton to James Williamson, M.D.

5 items

Collection of material relating to colour perception

1 item

Booklet of coloured silk threads used by John Dalton to assess his colour vision

5 items

Theory books relating to atomic and molecular chemistry, surveying and the British Chemical Industry

1 sheet

Table of chemical elements

1 item

Advertisement for Dalton's school

3 pages on one leaf

Letter from John Dalton to George Bewley

3 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from John Dalton to his cousin George Bewley

1 page

Letter from John Dalton to Reverend John Corrie

3 pages on 1 sheet

Letter from John Dalton to Respected Friend [Peter Crosthwaithe?]

1 page

Letter from John Dalton to Mr John Hogg

4 letters

Four letters written by John Dalton

Watson rain gauge and evaporimeter, designed by John Dalton, c. 1845.

Watson rain gauge and evaporimeter

1845

[Letter] 1793, 1st mo. [Jan] 11, Kendal [to] Respected Friend [Peter Crosthwaithe?] / John Dalton, [sending journal and a thermometer with instructions for testing accuracy. Thanking for observations made but thinks barometers are inaccurate. Suggests method of correcting for short scale. Thinks rain gauge may not be level. Suggests article on museum be published under Crosthwaithe's own name]

Letter 1793

1793

[Letter] 1788 6th mo. [Jun] 21, Kendal [to] Peter Crosthwaite, The Museum Keswick / John Dalton, [enclosing copy of his journal and discussing the extra column for "the tides of the air" and their possible influence on the weather and the aurora borealis. Mentions difficulty in obtaining a thermometer and notes differences in barometer readings. Has heard of an article questioning the heights of various hills in the lake district]

Letter 1788 6th mo. [Jun] 21

1788

[Letter] 1823 Nov 8, Manchester [to] James Williamson, M.D., Park Square, Leeds / John Dalton, [apologising for delay in replying but would be pleased to take classes under the patronage of the Philosophical Society on chemical principles, mechanics or meteorology]

Letter 1823 Nov 8

1823

[Letter] 1837 [Mar.] 17, Manchester [to] T.E. Suliot, Springfield Place, Leeds / J. Dalton. [Concerns arrangements for a meeting with Suliot; refers to previous correspondence with Richard Yates]

Letter 1837 [Mar.] 17

1837

[Letter] 1801 [Apr] 5, Manchester [to] John Fell, Ulverston / John Dalton. [Refers to his recent, non-scientific, work. Comments on recent developments in electricity and on Herschel's experiments on heat. Second page bears a pencil sketch [of an experiment with Leyden jars?] probably by Fell. Published in John Dalton: critical assessment of his life and science / Arnold Thackray, 1972, p.149-50]

Letter from John Dalton to John Fell, 1801

1801

[Bill of account] 1833 Dec 25 [to] A. Royle / J. Dalton. [Account in the sum of £1-4s-Od for sixteen lessons. Mounted on card]

Bill of account

1833

[Letter] 1825 Apr 19, Manchester [to] John Hogg, Holbuk, nr. Leeds / John Dalton, [enclosing a collection of all the essays he has written on the subject of meteorology and requesting 10/- to cover cost.

Letter 1825 Apr 19

1825