Record

RefNoCD/117/5
Previous numbersMS/593
LevelItem
TitleAdvance copy of minutes of the Meteorological Council
Date19 October 1904
DescriptionUnsigned copy minutes, inscribed with Professor [Joseph] Larmor's name. The Secretary [William Napier Shaw] reports on the outcome of a meeting with the Royal Society to discuss the publication of observations from the 'Discovery' expedition. The Secretary's report lists the meteorological data already in the possession of the Meteorological Office, and outlines various international observation exchanges which the Office is involved in. The minutes also include a specimen table showing thermometer, wind and cloud movement at the 'Discovery' station on the 22nd September 1902, as an example of the output the Office recommends.
Extent3p
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7142Shaw; Sir; William Napier (1854 - 1945); meteorologist1854 - 1945
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); theoretical physicist1857 - 1942
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