An early observation of weather conditions in Siena, 1798

Item

Identifier: RB-AS1798-1

Staff Only

An early observation of weather conditions in Siena still image

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Caltech Images is a collection of over ten thousand images representing Caltech's history and the people who have contributed to the Caltech story. It includes historic and contemporary photographs of people and places, reproductions of historic scientific artifacts and art, and illustrations drawn from Caltech's rare book collection in the history of science and technology.

Dates

Creation: 1798

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Extent

1 photographs

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

An early observation of weather conditions at the time of an earthquake in Siena, Italy, May 26, 1798. The published account of this earthquake is one of the first such to adopt an empirical approach to understanding the phenomenon. George W. Housner Rare Book Collection.