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Meteorology records and analysis of the observatory records for July 1864 in conjunction with those of births and deaths

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posted on 2023-11-22, 07:06 authored by Francis Abbott, Edward Swarbreck Hall
Meteorological records recorded at the Observatory, Hobart Town,1864. Includes time of leafing, flowering and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Society's Gardens.The general character of the weather this month was abnormal and more deaths took place than in any July of the previous seven years, except that of 1800 when so many old people were carried off by influenza.

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Monthly Notices of Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

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66-69

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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.

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