Person physician writer
Mason
physician · writer
Physician and author of a treatise on Madeira's climate and meteorology, published in 1850, who recorded leste temperatures in 1835. He opposed Funchal as a resort for consumptives. The Elucidário dismisses his humidity and dew observations as unrepresentative.
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- Climate — Physician who opposed Funchal for consumptives; the Elucidário dismisses his humidity readings as taken in a wet year in damp Santa Luzia.
- Steppe — Observer who reported collecting abundant dew in a plate left outdoors on clear nights in Madeira, a result the Elucidário considers not general.
- Peacock (G) — Author of a work on Madeira's climate to which Peacock's essay is usually annexed.
- Driver (John) — Author of a work on Madeira's climate, published in 1850, to which Driver's guide was appended.
- Dew — Author of a treatise on Madeira's climate and meteorology, contradicted here on dew in Funchal.
- Leste — Physician who recorded leste temperatures in 1835.
- Mac Euen (Carlos) — Author of an 1850 work on Madeira's climate including Mac Euen's observations.
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