Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-10
LlGnr SCIENCE LECTURE.
Director salisbury on the Gorcrnmgnial
Weather bureau service.

The fourth OF The light sclenoo course
u lectures was given last night by ID.
rector George y. 5allbury Of tbs Salt
Lake Weather Bureau service, IL
operations aud the instruments used.
The lecturer excused himself for APP
peating beiofuan audience. aud said 10
some parts Of tue United States It
would DO considered ioolhardy for a
weather observer TO appear before lot
Of people during such meteorological
conditions AZ gfco,ci us. Ho hopol
that the propl. would rather Jet the
blame rect at the feet Of that ground
hog that came cut nj Candlomas than
with him.
The United States signal service was
established by act oi Congress In 1870,
aad Vt the present time there are 100
stations scattered Throughout. this
country. Tue central office Of the
bureau Ia Ia Washington aad forms a
part u the agricultural department. IL
was iifst placid la charge OF the war
department., bul In 1891 was changed
N IT, pfosent management, with Mark
w. Hsfriu.iIu AZ director general.
the fully equipped signal services as
we Ind 81 at pfuiunt orgnniLoJ, h, II ~
true, quilo modern thing,
not no m0dura. Thesn OJsbfvatious
l had been taken for year, previous 90
this time, but n there was no system
IA the taking Of thom, no regulated
standard ~ which they could DO 70.
ducej, they were Of little value. The
question naturally presents iteeli-Jt
what value are these observations? To
| this let the number OF ships saved aud
| tho great AmOInl Of liio and property
| kept from destruction by slUTms
answer They must be Oi some value
/ or they would not have boou kept for
| % yeius. Hut % u great extent their
ouly utility II the mere giving OF in'
formation 10 pAople who desire % know
/ the atmospheric conditions,
! These observations are taken for all
| hours Of the day, Rnd are tTlOgfaphrd
10 Nashingiuu. To sid nim Va taking
them the observer has number OF
well adapted instruments % bis dis.
/ pOsal. Among these (.ll VI which
were fully described, anl mole Of
scliug given by the leclurorl are the
Thermometer And thetmygfapl for
taxing tue temperature; the sunshine
recorder for taking note OF clear and
cloudy weather; the rain aud snow
gauges for measuring the amount
| OF precipitation, the hnemUscopo aud
thermometer for mealurlng the velocity
OF tho wind anu the direction Ia when
II IL biOwinp; ths hygromoter Tor meas.
uring the dow 3 int aud relative hum
idity; aud the barometer aud bafO'
graph for measuring the air pressure.
Tns lecturer then dwelt ON the method
| OF tUlegfaphing these observations ~
Washington, and how storms a,o Pre-.
dicted from these observations Ut the
central bureau. They DO not telegraph
tho observations In full, bus have y
IS stem Of sigus, which they at WASH
inglun Interpret and thus know tbs Iull
! significance Of the report. THUS should
the central department receive the
| following report from SAT- l. axe: "Salt
Fabian sunk Bugbcat CAbbagC,N be
| would iuttoaot ~ Teai-tumpurAturs
lB degree; wind NV; wegthet clear;
no miuHll; velocity OF wind, 10 milea
Dor hour minimum Temperature ~,
Jew point n, From this report coupled
with those Of surrounding HtaliOnu
prediction for any ons place IL made.
When those observations roach Wasn.
ington tho regions Of low pressure arc
noted, anu generally o failing Ia tho
barometer Is an indication OF stormy
weather.
Adjourned for one wesG.