... sent duly (qualified persons to assist at a conference held at Brussels, last year, on the subject of meteorology at sea. The report of that conference was laid before Parliament, and the first direct result of it was a vote of money for the purchase... Practical Meteorology - Page 247by John Drew - 1860 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
| Industrial arts - 1855 - 424 pages
...result of it was a vote of money for the purchase of instruments and the discussion of observations. All the valuable meteorological data which have been...by the United States government, at the instance of Lieutenant Maury, whose labors have been incessant. Not only does tliat government offer directions... | |
| 1854 - 542 pages
...result of it was a vote of money for the purchase of instruments, and the discussion of observations. ' A very large number of ships, chiefly American, are...by the United States Government, at the instance of Lieutenant Maury, whose hvbours have been incessant. Not only does that government offer directions... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1855 - 764 pages
...result of it was a vote of money for the purchase of instrumenta and the discussion of observations. All the valuable meteorological data which have been...have been incessant. Not only does that Government oifer directions and charts gratis to American ships, but also to those of our nation, in accordance... | |
| Industrial arts - 1855 - 424 pages
...result of it was a vote of money for the purchase of instruments and the discussion of observations. All the valuable meteorological data which have been...by the United States government, at the instance of Lieutenant Maury, whose labors have been incessant. Not only does that government offer directions... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...result of it was a vote of money for the purchase of instruments and the discussion of observations. All the valuable meteorological data which have been...by the United States government, at the instance of Lieutenant Maury, whose labors have been incessant. Not only does that government offer directions... | |
| Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1855 - 806 pages
...accumulating meteorological data. Meanwhile, the National Observatory at Washington has not been idle; and a large number of ships, chiefly American, are now engaged...observations, stimulated by the advice and aided by documents liberally furnished by the United States. The two countries of Anglo-Saxon origin are broadly... | |
| Commerce - 1855 - 784 pages
...data. Meanwhile, the National Observatory at Washington has not been idle; and a large number of ship*, chiefly American, are now engaged in observations, stimulated by the advice and aided by documents liberally furnished by the United State*. The two countries of Anglo-Saxon origin are broadly... | |
| James Mursell Phillippo - Cuba - 1857 - 506 pages
...important to a maritime country, till the publication of Lieutenant Maury's admirable observations. A very large number of ships, chiefly American, are...the United States' Government, at the instance of Lieutenant Maury,, whose labours have been most praiseworthy.* This enterprising officer has also been... | |
| Commerce - 1855 - 788 pages
...accumulating meteorological data. Meanwhile, the National Observatory at Washington has not been idle ; and a large number of ships, chiefly American, are now engaged...observations, stimulated by the advice and aided by documents liberally furnished by the United States. The two countries of Anglo-Saxon origin are broadly... | |
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