A meteorological register, kept at Mansfield Woodhouse, in Nottinghamshire;. from the commencement of the year 1785, to the end of the year 1794. To which are subjoined, the most probable indications of weather deducible from the changes in the barometer : with two plates; describing the extraordinary effects of lightning, and the spectacular appearance of a singular meteor.
Hayman Rooke (1722-1806)
Category
Books
Date
1795
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3160273.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
[27], 14, [1] p., plates :. ill. ;. 8vo. Errata slip bound following final leaf. Pencil price £2-2-0 and lot or catalogue number: 289. Old shelfmark: 52.a.B. Newspaper cutting from the Worksop Guardian 18.1.1957, giving rainfall at Clumber and Worksop, loosely inserted Provenance: Armorial bookplate: “William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland K.G.” [i.e. William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857–1943): a sale of duplicates from Welbeck Abbey was held at Sotheby's, 23 June 1930.] Binding: Twentieth-century? quarter red morocco, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers; gilt-lettered ‘
Makers and roles
Hayman Rooke (1722-1806) John Patrick Samuel Tupman Henry Mellish