This KIRCHDIARIESreadme.txt file was generated on 20230226 by Stefan Brönnimann ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of dataset: Photographs of Weather Diaries of the Kirch family, 1677-1774 2. Contributor information: Name: Stefan Brönnimann Role/Function: Data Collector Institution: Institute of Geography Address: Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern Email: stefan.broennimann@giub.uibe.ch 3. Date of data collection: 2020-03-07 to 2023-07-19 4. Geographic location of data collection: Berlin 5. Keywords describing the subject of your dataset: Weather diary Berlin Temperature measurement 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Funding agency name: Swiss National Science Foundation Grant number: 188701 ------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC-BY-NC 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: 4. Links/relationships to additional data sets: 5. Was data derived from another source? yes The original diaries are held at Paris observatory (Gottfried Kirch) and the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh (Maria Margaretha Kirch, Christfried Kirch, Christine Kirch). They were microfilmed and copies of the films were sent to the Free University of Berlin. In 1977 Xerox printouts were made from the films. These printouts were photographed in Berlin. List of diaries: Gottfried Kirch, astronomical diary 1677-1685 (original at Paris Observatory), Film 649I (Free University of Berlin, film not found, printouts available) Gottfried Kirch, astronomical diary 1685-1689 (original at Paris Observatory), Film 649II (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Gottfried Kirch, astronomical diary 1696-1704 (original at Paris Observatory), Film 650I (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Gottfried Kirch, astronomical diary 1704-1708 (original at Paris Observatory), Film 650II (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Gottfried Kirch, astronomical diary 1708-1710 (original at Paris Observatory), Film 650III (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Maria Margaretha Kirch, weather diary 1700-1718 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle 1/Film 583, Rolle 2/Film 584 (Free University of Berlin, films not found, printouts available) Maria Margaretha Kirch, weather diary 1718-1720, and Christfried Kirch, observations 1721 and 1728 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle 3/Film 585 (Free University of Berlin, film not found, printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1730-1734 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle4/Film586 (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1734-1737 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle5/Film587 (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1738-1743 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle6/Film588 (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1743-1747 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle7/Film589 (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1748-1756 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle8/Film590 (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1757-1761 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle9 (Free University of Berlin, film available printouts available) Christine Kirch, weather diary 1762-1770 and 1774 (original at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), Rolle 10/Film 592 and Rolle 11/Film 593 (Free University of Berlin, films available, printouts available) 6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Brönnimann, S. (2023) Photographs of Weather Diaries of the Kirch family, 1677-1774. --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. Folder List Folder name: MaterialPhotographed File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1677-1685_GottfriedKirch_649I File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1685-1689_GottfriedKirch_649II File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1696-1704_GottfriedKirch_650I File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1704-1708_GottfriedKirch_650II File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1709-1710_GottfriedKirch_650III File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1700-1718_MariaMargarethaKirch_Rolle1_Filme583_Rolle2_Film584 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1718-1720_MariaMargarethaKirch_1721and1728_ChristfiredKirch_Rolle3_Filme585 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1730-1734_ChristineKirch_Rolle4_Film586 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1734-1737_ChristineKirch_Rolle5_Film587 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1738-1743_ChristineKirch_Rolle6_Film588 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1743-1747_ChristineKirch_Rolle7_Film589 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1748-1756_ChristineKirch_Rolle8_Film590 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1757-1761_ChristineKirch_Rolle9 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 Folder name: 1762_1770and1774_ChristineKirch_Rolle10_Film593 File format: jpg Date of creation: 27 Feb 2023 2. Relationship between files: 3. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: The material photographed as well as the metainformation (documentation) is in the folder "MaterialPhotographed" 2. Methods for processing the data: Photographed with a smart phone 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: None 4. Standards and calibration information: jpg files 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Free University of Berlin Paris Observatory Royal Observatory, Edinburgh