Meteorological Observers Told of New Policy

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Date: April 1, 1872

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry sends a circular to meteorological observers to explain that although the Commissioner announced in the last Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture that monthly publication of meteorological tables had been discontinued, the observers were still to send their registers to the Commissioner of Agriculture, who would transmit them to the Smithsonian Institution. In this way they would save postage costs. The Smithsonian plans to take over publication of the tables as rapidly as their means will permit.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • United States Dept. of Agriculture
  • Meteorological Project

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Image is list of meteorological observers and their instruments, 1872. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number SIA2010-0726.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 65, p. V1, 455

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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April 1, 1872

Topic

  • Secretaries
  • Interagency Relations
  • Memorandums
  • Volunteers
  • Meteorology

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