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Reference numberPP/17/35
Previous numbersPP/49/39
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Cloud photography conducted under the Meteorological Council at the Kew Observatory [London]' by Richard Strachey and G M [George Mathews] Whipple
CreatorWhipple; George Mathews (1842-1893); British physicist
Date1891
DescriptionThe 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'.
Extent22p
FormatManuscript
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Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0117
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CodeNameDates
NA3799Strachey; Sir; Richard (1817 - 1908)1817 - 1908
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