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Today I added another book to the Vintage Meteorology Texts. It's "An Essay on the Cause of Rain and its Allied Phenomena" by G A Rowell, published in 1859. It contains an erroneous theory that rain is caused by atmospheric electricity. Its 179 pages long.
Go to Vintage Meteorology Texts download webpage.
Go to Vintage Meteorology Texts download webpage.
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Today I added a catalog webpage for the German instrument firm Max Kohl. Founded in 1876, they were destroyed in World War II. It includes two short catalog excerpts from the early 1900s.
Go to Max Kohl catalog webpage.
Go to Max Kohl catalog webpage.
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Today I posted a 1914 thermometer catalog from the H&M (Hohmann & Maurer) Division of Taylor. It's mostly industrial but has some instruments of meteorological interest. It's 77 pages long.
Go to Taylor/Tycos catalog webpage.
Go to Taylor/Tycos catalog webpage.
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Today I posted the 13 page booklet "Thermometrum Magnum, or Grand Standard Thermometer" from 1772 by Benjamin Martin. It's on the Thermometer Download webpage.
Go to Thermometer Download webpage.
Go to Thermometer Download webpage.
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Today I posted a copy of the 1928 US Weather Bureau booklet "Instructions for Wiring Meteorological Instruments", Appendix 2 of Circular D. It's 50 pages long and may be found with the General Instrument Downloads.
Go to General Instrument Downloads webpage.
Go to General Instrument Downloads webpage.
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Today I scanned and posted 2 small catalogs:
- From circa 1900, a thermometer catalog from the Standard Thermometer Company of Peabody, Massachusetts. It's 16 pages long. Go to Standard Thermometer Co webpage.
- From 1929, a weather vane catalog from Harold K Jones Company of New York, NY. It's 18 pages long. Go to wind vane catalog webpage.
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Today I scanned and posted two old journal articles:
- From 1812, the article "History of the Barometer" by M Biot from the July issue of the Edinburgh Review. It's 34 pages long and may be found with the mercury barometer downloads. Go to Mercury Barometer Download webpage.
- From 1897, the article "A Contribution to the History of Rain Gauges” by G J Symons from the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. It's 16 pages long and may be found with the rain gauge downloads. Go to Rain Gauge Download webpage.
