The Practical Use of Meteorological Reports: And Weather-Maps (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1332028349 ISBN 13: 9781332028344

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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In pursuance of the duty imposed upon the Secretary of War by the law providing for the announcement by telegraph and signal of the approach and force of storms, and under his dirce tion, the office of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, at the War Department, causes meteorological observations and reports to be made, daily and nightly, at 55 stations.

The office Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce is organized for the preparation, receipt, and use of these reports.

At every station three observations are taken daily, at the same moment of actual (not local) time for all stations, by the Observer Sergeants of the Signal Service. The reports are im mediately telegraphed to the office of the Chief Signal Officer at Washington.

By a carefully arranged system of telegraphic operation, Copies of the full reports of all stations thus transmitted to Washington, or of portions of them, are sent at the same time to many of the Signal Service stations in principal cities and towns.

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Excerpt from The Practical Use of Meteorological Reports: And Weather-Maps

The office Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce is organized for the preparation, receipt, and use of these reports.

At every station three observations are taken daily, at the same moment of actual (not local) time for all stations, by the Observer Sergeants of the Signal Service. The reports are im mediately telegraphed to the office of the Chief Signal Officer at Washington.

By a carefully arranged system of telegraphic operation, copies of the full reports of all stations thus transmitted to 'washington, or of portions of them, are sent at the same time to many of the Signal Service stations in principal cities and towns.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332028349
• ISBN 13: 9781332028344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88