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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: print
70 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1860.

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General Note:

By A. Guyot.

Publication 148.

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.

Includes index.

[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.