Directions for meteorological observations : and the registry of periodical phenomena.

Directions for meteorological observations adopted by the Smithsonian Institution (caption title)

Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884 (author.). Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 (Added Author). Smithsonian Institution. (Added Author).

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ISSN: 0096-8749
Physical Description: 70 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1860.

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General Note:

[General directions] -- Special directions to the meteorological observers of the Smithsonian Institution -- Circular relative to earthquakes -- Instructions for observations of the aurora -- Green's standard barometer -- Registry of periodical phenomena.

By A. Guyot.

Includes index.

On verso of title page: Philadelphia, Collins, printer.

Originally drawn up by Prof. Guyot, and issued in 1850 (Smithsonian Institution publication 19): reprinted, with additions by the Secretary of the Smithsonian institution, Joseph Henry, in 1858. These two editions were not issued in the volumes of the Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, the 1860 reprint (Smithsonian Institution publication 148) being the first to appear in that series. The whole volume 1 of the Smithsonian miscellaneous collections was also simultaneously Smithsonian Institution publication 122.

Publication 148.