Report of the International meteorological congress, held at Chicago, Ill., August 21-24, 1893, under the auspices of the Congress auxiliary of the World's Columbian exposition. / Edited by Oliver L. Fassig ...

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Meteorological Congress (1893 : Chicago)

Series:

United States. Department of Agriculture. Weather bureau. Bulletin ; no. 11.

United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Weather bureau. Bulletin ; no. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meteorology--Congresses.

Meteorology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

3 volumes in 1., XLIII plates (partly folded : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Weather Bureau, 1894-96.

Contents:

(cont) The Nile. W. Willcocks.

The best means of finding rules for predicting floods in water courses. M. Babinet.

The forecasting of ocean storms and the best method of making such forecasts available to commerce. W. Allingham.

The creation of meteorological observatories on islands connected by cable with a continent. Albert, prince of Monaco.

The marine nephoscope and its usefulness to the navigator. C. Abbe.

The barometer at sea. T.S. O'Leary.

The secular change in the direction of the magnetic needle; its cause and period. G.W. Littlehales.

Relations between the barometric pressure and the direction and strength of ocean currents. W.H. Beehler.

The periodic and non-periodic fluctuations in the latitude of storm tracks. M.A. Veeder.

North Atlantic currents and surface temperatures. A. Hautreux.

Storms in the south Atlantic. A.P. Pinheiro.

pt. II. The connection of the Army medical department with the development of meteorology in the United States. C. Smart.

The meteorological work of the Smithsonian institution. S.P. Langley.

Notes:

Paged continuously.

OCLC:

34822140