Meterology records and notes on the mortality of the Hobart town registration district during the month of March, 1872

Abbott, Francis and Hall, Edward Swarbreck (1872) Meterology records and notes on the mortality of the Hobart town registration district during the month of March, 1872. Monthly Notices of Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . i-iii.

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Meteorological records recorded at the Observatory, Hobart Town. Includes leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Society's Gardens during the month of March, 1872. The most marked phenomena in the weather this month were the high but tolerably steady atmospheric pressure; the warm mean, but very variable daily-range, of temperature; great elastic force of vapour; heavy rain-fall; small aerial movement; cloudy skies; pure air; and unusually defective electricity indications. The death rate total was above the average, but principally in children under one year old, and persons above 60 years old.

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Additional Information:	In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania.
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records
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