Report of the International meteorological congress, held at Chicago, Ill., August 21-24, 1893, under the auspices of the Congress auxiliary of the World's Columbian exposition
By: Ed. by Oliver L. Fassig ...
Series: United States. Dept. of agriculture. Weather bureau. Bulletin -- no. 11
Publisher: Weather bureau
Published: 1894
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Meteorology; Congresses
Notes: Paged continuously.

(cont) The origin and work of the Division of marine meteorology of the Hydrographic office, U.S. Navy. W.H. Beehler.--The meteorological work of the U.S. Signal service, 1870 to 1891. C. Abbe.--State weather service organizations. H.H.C. Dunwoody.--Early individual observers in the United States. A.J. Henry.--Simultaneous meteorological observations in the United States during the eighteenth century. A. McAdie.--The Redfield and Espey period, 1830 to 1855. W.M. Davis.--Some remarks upon theoretical meteorology in the United States, 1855 to 1890. F. Waldo.
Table of contents: title: [pt. I] Meteorological stations and the publication of results of observation. J. Hann.; title: The publication of weather maps and bulletins. R.H. Scott.; title: Functions of state weather services. H.H.C. Dunwoody.; title: The predictions of droughts in India. W.L. Dallas.; title: Can we by automatic records, at three selected stations, determine the energy of a flash lightning? A. McAdie.; title: The utilization of cloud observations in local and general weather predictions. A. McAdie.; title: An international cipher code for correspondence respecting the aurora and related conditions. M.A. Veeder.; title: The best method of testing weather predictions. W. Köppen.; title: The present condition of the weather service; title: propositions for its improvement. W.J. van Bebber.; title: Floods of the Mississippi River, with reference to the inundation of the alluvial valley. W. Starling.; title: Flood planes of the Mississippi River. J.A. Ockerson.; title: River-stage predictions in the United States. T. Russell.; title: Methods in use in France in forecasting floods. M. Babinet.; title: The four great rivers of Siberia. F.O. Sperk.; title: Regimen of the Rhine region: high winter phenomena and their prediction. M. von Tein.; title: (cont) The Nile. W. Willcocks.; title: The best means of finding rules for predicting floods in water courses. M. Babinet.; title: The forecasting of ocean storms and the best method of making such forecasts available to commerce. W. Allingham.; title: The creation of meteorological observatories on islands connected by cable with a continent. Albert, prince of Monaco.; title: The marine nephoscope and its usefulness to the navigator. C. Abbe.; title: The barometer at sea. T.S. O'Leary.; title: The secular change in the direction of the magnetic needle; its cause and period. G.W. Littlehales.; title: Relations between the barometric pressure and the direction and strength of ocean currents. W.H. Beehler.; title: The periodic and non-periodic fluctuations in the latitude of storm tracks. M.A. Veeder.; title: North Atlantic currents and surface temperatures. A. Hautreux.; title: Storms in the south Atlantic. A.P. Pinheiro.; title: pt. II. The connection of the Army medical department with the development of meteorology in the United States. C. Smart.; title: The meteorological work of the Smithsonian institution. S.P. Langley.