| Reference number | PP/17/35 |
| Previous numbers | PP/49/39 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Cloud photography conducted under the Meteorological Council at the Kew Observatory [London]' by Richard Strachey and G M [George Mathews] Whipple |
| Creator | Whipple; George Mathews (1842-1893); British physicist |
| Date | 1891 |
| Description | The authors write: 'In 1878 the Meteorological Council decided upon undertaking a series of experiments with the view of attempting by means of photography to obtain a record of the height and velocity of the clouds, as indicating the movements of the upper parts of the atmosphere. For this purpose a plain cubical camera was constructed, with its optical axis directed to the zenith, and a number of pictures of clouds were thus obtained.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one page of graphs relating to the authors' observations.
Subject: Meteorology
Received 23 April 1891. Read 30 April 1891.
A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Cloud photography conducted under the Meteorological Council at the Kew Observatory'. |
| Extent | 22p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0117 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3799 | Strachey; Sir; Richard (1817 - 1908) | 1817 - 1908 |