Abstract
In "From the Collection," a meteorological log and lighthouse record book kept by David Melville, is examined. Melville was a pewterer's son, store and bath house keeper, Old Stone Mill theorist, meteorologist, and inventor of a patented process for producing illuminating gas.
Recommended Citation
Potvin, Ronald M.
(1996)
"From the Collection: David Melville's Meteorological Table and Diary, 1817-1818,"
Newport History: Journal of the Newport Historical Society: Vol. 67:
Iss.
233, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/newporthistory/vol67/iss233/5
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