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Robert Boyle's weather journal for the year 1685
Weather ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-19 , DOI: 10.1002/wea.3531
Richard C. Cornes ₁

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Robert Boyle was one of the most influential natural philosophers of the Enlightenment. Although he recorded fragmentary instrumental meteorological readings in his numerous works, it was generally thought that he did not record observations with the regularity seen in the journals of other late‐seventeenth century philosophers. However, in the Boyle archive at the Royal Society in London is a diary that was recorded while Boyle was living in London and which provides a largely complete record of twice‐daily barometer, thermometer and weather readings from December 1684 to January 1686. As far as I can tell, these data have not been converted to modern units or scrutinised in any systematic manner. In this paper I derive corrections for the instrumental observations and examine the weather descriptions. Although the record is short, it does provide a detailed daily snapshot of weather conditions for this 14‐month period around London. The dry conditions that lasted into early summer 1685 constituted the most prominent feature of the weather during that year. The journal indicates that the winter 1684/1685 was cold and frequent frosts and fog were experienced, although the following winter of 1685/1686 was relatively mild; summer 1685 appears to have been relatively cool. Overall, the data attest to the variety of weather conditions that could be experienced in London during the Late Maunder Minimum.

中文翻译：

罗伯特·博伊尔（Robert Boyle）1685年的天气日志

罗伯特·博伊尔（Robert Boyle）是启蒙运动中最有影响力的自然哲学家之一。尽管他在许多著作中记录了零散的仪器气象资料，但人们普遍认为他没有按照其他17世纪后期哲学家期刊中的规律记录观察资料。但是，在伦敦皇家学会的博伊尔档案馆中记录的日记是在博伊尔居住在伦敦时记录的，它提供了从1684年12月到1686年1月每天两次的晴雨表，温度计和天气读数的完整记录。如我所知，这些数据尚未转换为现代单位或以任何系统的方式进行审查。在本文中，我将对仪器观测值进行更正并检查天气描述。虽然记录很短，它确实提供了伦敦周围这14个月期间的每日天气状况的详细快照。持续到1685年夏初的干旱条件是该年天气的最突出特征。该杂志指出，尽管1685/1686的下一个冬天相对温和，但1684/1685的冬天很冷，经常出现霜冻和雾气。1685年夏天似乎比较凉爽。总体而言，数据证明了在Maunder Minimum后期伦敦可能经历的各种天气情况。该杂志指出，尽管1685/1686的下一个冬天相对温和，但1684/1685的冬天很冷，经常出现霜冻和雾气。1685年夏天似乎比较凉爽。总体而言，数据证明了在Maunder Minimum后期伦敦可能经历的各种天气情况。该杂志指出，尽管1685/1686的下一个冬天相对温和，但1684/1685的冬天很冷，经常出现霜冻和雾气。1685年夏天似乎比较凉爽。总体而言，数据证明了在Maunder Minimum后期伦敦可能经历的各种天气情况。

更新日期：2019-07-19

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