From 1790, George Adams' publication "A Short History on the Barometer, Thermometer, and Other Meteorological Instruments" may be downloaded below (68 ages):

From 1833, the publication (in German) "Anweisung zur Kentniss, Prufung, Anwendung und Verfertigung aller Arten Thermometer, Barometer, Hygrometer, Pyrometer, Araometer, Hydrometer..." by Robert Nicholson is available below (214 pages):

From 1860, a short article on meteorological instruments from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1859 (by Joseph Henry?) may be downloaded below (5 pages):

From 1866, the publication "Treatise on Meteorology" by Albert J T Morris is available below (103 pages):

From 1887, this is Cleveland Abbe's "Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus and Methods" produced for the US Signal Service (430 pages):

This is an elementary book called Weather and Weather Instruments published by the Taylor Instrument Company in 1908 (175 pages):

From 1908 the article "The Methods and Apparatus Used in Obtaining Upper Air Observations at Mount Weather, Va" from the Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory, Volume I is available for download below (58 pages):

From 1915, an illustrated Russian book entitled "Meteorological Instruments" is available below.  The text is in Russian (70 pages):

From 1922, the publication "Catalogue of the Collections in the Science Museum  - South Kensington - Meteorology" may be downloaded below.  It's 113 pages>

From 1928, the US Weather Bureau publication "Instructions for Wiring Meteorological Instruments", Appendix 2, Circular D, is available for download below (50 pages):

From 1947, a manual for a Bendix-Friez registers is available below. It's a poor copy, the original was difficult to scan. (16 pages):

From 1948, a general meteorological instruction book (in Russian) published by the Soviet Armed Forces is available for download below (376 pages):

The 1956 Handbook of Meteorological Instruments - Part I - Instruments for Surface Observations is available for download below courtesy the UK Met Office (530 pages):

From 1961, the pamphlet "Instrumental Program of the US Weather Bureau" is available below (17 pages):

From 1961, the Smithsonian publication "The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments" by Robert P Multhauf is available below (23 pages):

The Catalog of Meteorological Instruments in the Museum of History and Technology prepared by W E K Middleton in 1969 is available for download below, courtesy the Smithsonian Library (144 pages):

The following is a US Army publication titled Meteorological Equipment Data Sheets (TM 750-5-3) published in 1973 (160 pages):