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RefNoEC/1898/06
Previous numbersCert XII, 64
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TitleBuchan, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationSecretary, Scottish Meteorological Society, from 1860. Member of the Meteorological Council from 1873. Author of the following contributions to Meteorology: 'Mean Atmospheric Pressure and Prevailing Winds of the Globe and Handy Book of Meteorology,' 1868; 'Weather and Health of London,' jointly with Sir Arthur Mitchell, 1875; ''Challenger' Report on Atmospheric Circulation in 1889'; ''Challenger' Report on Oceanic Circulation in 1895'; 'Specific Gravities and Oceanic Circulation in 1896'; 'Meteorology,' in the Encyclopedia Britannica; Reports on the Meteorology of Ben Nevis, &c.
ProposersJ Murray; William J L Wharton; J D Everett; T H Tizard; Archibald Geikie; Clements Robert Markham; J Dewar; E W Creak; C Chree
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Buchan, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1168Buchan; Alexander (1829 - 1907)1829 - 1907
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