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Two Weather Diaries from Northern England, 1779-1807 - The Journals of John Chipchase and Elihu Robinson (Hardcover)
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Two Weather Diaries from Northern England, 1779-1807 - The Journals of John Chipchase and Elihu Robinson (Hardcover)
Series: Publications of the Surtees Society
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Journals of the natural world reveal fascinating details of life at
the time. These two journals, kept by Quakers in north-east and
north-west England respectively, record in careful detail weather
and agricultural events of their time and regions. But they also
observe all manner of other things and events. The journal of John
Chipchase, schoolmaster of Stockton-upon-Tees, recently came to
light for the very first time in a Montreal university library. It
has much to say about weather and crops, but also meteor showers
and the aurora borealis, lightning strikes, fatal diseases, fishing
and fishkills, the homing instincts of cats, the life cycle of
snails, fierce gales and consequent shipwrecks, and both the causes
and local reactions to the near-famine of 1795. Elihu Robinson's
record of weather, crops and prices has only been known in
manuscript form to a few specialists. Possessed of both a barometer
and thermometer, his sometimes even daily observations are
remarkably meticulous. As an active Quaker, he also offers a rich
description of their life and organization in the Northwest. Taken
together, these journals suggest something of the intellectual and
cultural bent of two publicly engaged menof their time, both of
middling status and informal education, living far from the
cosmopolitan world of London and the universities. ROBERT TITTLER
is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Concordia
University in Montreal, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada.
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