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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.
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Today I scanned and posted an 1885 book, "Meteorological Essays" by Francois Arago of France. The book is a posthumous English translation and is 538 pages long. It deals mainly with lightning and thunder. It may be downloaded on the Vintage Meteorological Text webpage.
Go to Vintage Meteorological Text webpage.
Go to Vintage Meteorological Text webpage.
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Today I posted a Bendix Friez wind vane from my instrument collection. It's large, the vane is 4 feet long. I believe it dates from 1945.
Go to Bedix Friez wind vane webpage.
Go to Bedix Friez wind vane webpage.
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Today I added a K Suzuki mercury barometer to the instrument collection. I'm not sure when it was made (in Tokyo). It's incomplete, it's missing its glass tube and cistern glass. If anyone has information on K Suzuki or this barometer, please contact me.
Go to K Suzuki barometer webpage.
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Today I posted a Jordan sunshine recorder on the website from my instrument collection. Invented around 1885, its shown in the 1915 Henry J Green catalog. It records the duration of sunlight on photosensitized paper for each of 7 days.
Go to Jordan Sunshine Recorder webpage.
Go to Jordan Sunshine Recorder webpage.
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Over the last week I posted many documents for download on the website, including:
Go to Other Downloads webpage.
- Weather Vane and Lightning Rod Catalogs
- Vintage Meteorology Texts
Go to Other Downloads webpage.
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Today I posted a SATO NSII-BQ barograph from my collection on the website. It's shown in the 2010 and 2014 SATO catalogs on this website. It has a quartz clock drive with 1 day, 7 day, or 31 day rotation.
Go to SATO NSII-BQ barograph webpage.
Go to SATO NSII-BQ barograph webpage.
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Today I posted on the website a Canadian Type A rain gauge from my collection. Also known as a MSC rain gauge, it was the standard manual rain gauge used by the Meteorological Service of Canada from about 1930 to the 1970s. It's entirely made of copper.
Go to Type A Rain Gauge webpage.
Go to Type A Rain Gauge webpage.
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Today I added a Taylor Model 5175 Classroom Thermometer to the instrument collection on the website. It's 2 feet tall and has a spirit thermometer tube. Its shown in the 1968 and 1972 Taylor catalogs.
Go to Taylor 5175 Classroom Thermometer webpage.
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Today I added a new section in the Miscellaneous Downloads section of the website, called Other Downloads. For now it will contain a catalog collection for ornamental wind vanes and lightning rods. It will take me a few weeks to start adding the downloads. I hope to post a couple instruments this afternoon.
Go to Other Downloads webpage.
Go to Other Downloads webpage.
