The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-12
IN THEIR NEW QUARTERS.
The Weather Bureaus Home on To
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The Weather Bureaus Home on Top
Of the Board OF Trade Building.
The weather bureau has moved into it's
new quarters on the topmost story Of the
board OF trade building. This story was
especially fitted up for the occupancy OF the
weather bureau when the addition was
made to the building and will doubtless be
its permanent quarters.
In the old building the weather observers
were very inconveniently situated, but the
location was the best they could secure. IL
is necessary that the instruments used IN
taking the temperature and otherwise sscer-
tanning the weather conditions should be
situated above the level Of the surrounding
roofs 50 that they may not be affected by the
hsat from the tin, and that the sweep OF
the air currents may not be intercepted.
This Is the reason why the hight Of the tenn
perature as reported by the weather bureau
Is often 90 much lower during the summer
than the actual temperature upon the streets
below. The difference usually ia about D or
o.. Heretofore the Observers have had to
climb through the souttle and pick their
way over the roof to where their instru-
ments we're located.
Observer Smyth and Assistant Observer
RelOe are now about IS comfortably and as
conveniently situated as the observer IN
any Office IN the country. They have two
rooms away up on the flftl story OF the
board OF trade building, looking out upon
| the street on one side and upon the roof or
the building in the rear.
They are not required to walk up four
flights of stairs, as the elevator lands them
at the Office door. Neither do they climb
out through the scuttle any moro. The
back door leads out upon the roof and 1t Is
only few feet to the box where the in
struments are.
In the main office are the desks and indoor
Instruments, the automatic rain and wind
gauges, where the clerical work Is done.
The adjoining Office is used as a store room
and press room, where the maps are pre-
pared and worked of on the millioRraph
press Printing the maps by the nillio-
graph process is q very neat and interesting
operation, and away ahead OF the common
methods when it is only necessary TO work
of dozen or two copies
The operator first traces his map by the
cyclostile process on prepared paper, places
1t on the milliograph press, places frame
over 1t which holds 1t down securely, lays
the map on the face OF the press, runs a
roller over the top Of It and the impression |
IL taken.
Outside of the offices on the roof is the in
strument box, containing the self-register-
ing maximum and minimum Thermometers |
for recording the highest and lowest tenn
peratureS respectively, the dry and wet
bulb Thermometers for obtaining the actual
temperature OF tue air, the dew point aud
the relative humidity, the self-registering
rain gauge, showing the amount OF rain IN
inches and hundredths Of inches daily, the
sunshine recorder, showing the number Of
the thermometer for obtaining the
velocity of the wind, the
anemoscope for obtaining the direction Of
the wind, the Paragraph for obtaining a
continuous record OF the pressure OF the at
mophere, the thermograph for obtaining a
continuous record Of the temperature OF the
air, and the standard mercurial barometer.
The thermometer, anemosoope and rain |
gauge are electrically connected with a
triple self-register In the Office, which re-
cords the direction aud velocity Of the wind |
and the amount Of rainfall.
The observers will be glad to have their
friends cal on them and will take pleasure
in showing them their new quarters
The weather bureau is now engaged Ia
making a new collection OF saws, proverbs
and prophecies with regard 10 the weather.
A collection was made and published several
years ago. The number of weather prov
,rbs and indications 10 astonishing, mum.
Oering several hundred being from all ages |
and chimes and culled from.all sources and |
An yone having 'sure sign" |
Of foretelling the weather whether, il be by |
bhe barking of dog or the color oflthe sky,
will confer favor upon Observer Smyth
by communicating the same to him.
II il is not already In the collection he
will see that 1t is placed there and in due
time it will be printed In book form.
The older and quainter the proverb or
the sign the better. Most Of the old saws
are we'll known and have already been re-
corded.
Observer Smyth is in hopes Of securing
something original from the lore OF the rice
country negroes, who differ from their fell
lows of the interior in almost all their
household traditions, as we'll as in manner
and speeah.