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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.' [1] (112/258)
The record is made up of 1 volume (227 pages). It was created in 1854-1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
Art. 1 .— Remarkable Hailstorms in India, from Marqh 1851 to
May 1855. By Dr. George Bdist.
There are few things in Meteorology so little ftnderstood, or so diffi
cult to comprehend, as the formation in the air, and precipitation on the
earth, of the drops or masses of frozen water te rnied hail; and nowhere
so far as I know, that the phenomena of hailstorms manifest themselves
in such frequency and magnificence as in India, or present such oppor
tunities of studying the matter itself with such care and advantage.
Of the accounts of things of this sort, our newspapers afford almost
the sole repositories ; but it is seldom that any one keeps files of these for
any considerable length of time ; where it is otherwise, insects make
fearful inroads on the sets that are kept, and dispersion is ultimately
certain to overtake them on the death or the return to England of their
proprietors. The Natives rarely read newspapers, and never keep
them; and singularly enough, the publications which in India take the
place of the annals of the time, seem neglected by our public libra
ries. Were it not so however, files unprovided with an index, speedily
become so cumbrous and bulky as to defy consultation, in the lesser
matters of their extracts, such as notices of the weather, and the like, and
the masses of information they contain under these heads, of the utmost,
value to the naturalist, and the most perfect authenticity, speedily become
lost irrecoverably; and yet ia only by a collection of facta extending
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The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.
Publication details: Bombay: Printed at The Times' Press, by T W Wray, 1856.
With charts.
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- 1 volume (227 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references, and an index. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).
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- ST 393, vol 12
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- Bombay Geographical Society
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- ST 393, vol 12
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- Bombay Geographical Society
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- ST 393, vol 12
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- Bombay Geographical Society
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- ST 393, vol 12
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- Bombay Geographical Society
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- ST 393, vol 12
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- Bombay Geographical Society
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- Public Domain