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Contemporary account from 1850

 

Date: 1850
Author: Attributed to Frederick Knight Hunt
Title: The planet-watchers of Greenwich / Greenwich weather-wisdom
About: Originally published in Volume 1 of Household Words in 1850 (editions of 25 May (pp.200–204) and 1 June (pp.222–225)), these two articles of about 7800 words were republished in New York later that year in Volume 1 of Harper's New Monthly Magazine (pp.233–237 & 265–268).
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The planet-watchers of Greenwich from Household Words
The planet-watchers of Greenwich from Harper's New Monthly Magazine
 
Greenwich weather-wisdom from Household Words
Greenwich weather-wisdom from Harper's New Monthly Magazine