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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [22v] (49/738)
The record is made up of 1 volume (365 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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40
CLIMATE
Air Pressure (at 32° F.).—The highest reading during
the period 1882-1901 (inclusive) was 27-795 in. in January
1898, the lowest reading was 26-860 in. in March 1898. The
mean of highest readings for the period was 27-525 in. and
the mean of lowest readings 27-208 in. The greatest number
of highest readings occurred in January, of lowest readings
in July. The greatest monthly range was 0-730 in. in January
1887, the least, in July 1900, 0-094 in. The greatest monthly
range was observed 7 times in January, the least, 8 times in
July. The highest monthly mean reading in the 20 years
was 27-558 in., in December 1891 ; the least monthly mean
reading 27-217 in. in July 1889.
Temperature .—The highest temperature observed in each
year from 1882 to 1901 varied between 97° F. and 108° F.
(June 18, 1894). In the same period, the maximum tem
perature for the year occurred eight times in August,
five times in June, four times in September, once in July,
once both in June and August, and once both in June and
September. The maximum temperature reached, or exceeded, 1
100° F. in 9 years out of the twenty, while the total number
of days recording this high temperature was 25, of which
7 occurred in 1888. The temperature reached, or exceeded,
90° F. on an aggregate of 676 days in the twenty years, 1887
having the maximum of 73 days, and 1898 the minimum of
12 days ; the average per year was 33-8 days. The earliest
and latest days in the year on which the temperature was
as high as 90° were March 25, 1888, and October 23, in both
1887 and 1898. The lowest temperatures observed annually
varied between 25° F. (observed on January 31, 1897 and
January 1, 1898) and 36° F.
The minimum temperature of the year has occurred
10 times in January, 4 times in December, twice in March,
one year it occurred in each of the months January, February,
March, and December, one year in both January and De
cember, and one year in both February and December. The
minimum temperature fell as low as or below 30° F. in 14
out of the 20 years, the total number of days of this low
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Admiralty handbook regarding Syria (including Palestine) 'to as far north as the River Orontes and a line Antioch-Aleppo-Meskeneh. For details of the part of Syria beyond this line reference must be made to the Handbook of Asia Minor , Vol. iv, Part 2 (C.B. 847 C).'
'Contents. Chapters:
- I. Boundaries and Physical Survey, p 9 (folio 7)
- II. Climate, p 24 (folio 14v)
- III. Minerals, Flora and Fauna, p 93 (folio 50)
- IV. Military History, p 109 (folio 58)
- V. Inhabitants, p 175 (folio 91)
- VI. Turkish Administration, p 236 (folio 121v)
- VII. Agriculture, p 252 (folio 129v)
- VIII. Industry and Trade, p 276 (folio 141v)
- IX. Currency, Weights and Measures, p 318 (folio 162v)
- X. Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 325 (folio 166)
- XI. Country East of Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 344 (folio 175v)
- XII. Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, and Damascus Plain, p 357 (folio 182)
- XIII. River Systems of Northern Syria, p 395 (folio 201)
- XIV. Judea and the Southern Desert, p 427 (folio 217)
- XV. Samaria (including Carmel), p 472 (folio 239v)
- XVI. Galilee, p 515 (folio 261)
- XVII. Haurān and Jaulān, p 556 (folio 281v)
- XVIII. 'Ajlūn and Northern Belqa, p 580 (folio 293v)
- XIX. Southern Belqa and Ardh el-Kerak, p 612 (folio 309v)
- XX. El-Jibāl and Esh-Shera, p 636 (folio 321v)
- XXI. The Ghōr (Jordan and the Dead Sea); and Wādi 'Arabah, p 645 (folio 326)
- Appendix: Conventional Spellings, p 668 (folio 337v)
- Index, p 669 (folio 338)
- Plates, p 725' [missing]
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (365 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a contents page (folio 6) and an index (folios 338-365).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 367; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence. The volume originally contained fourteen plates showing maps, bound into the back of the volume. These are now missing; details of the plates can be found at folio 5v.
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- 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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