1860 Meteorology Records Destroyed in Fire

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Summary

Secretary Henry sends a circular to meteorological observers to request copies of registers for the year 1860, because the originals were destroyed in 1865 fire in the Smithsonian Institution Building. The Institution is currently engaged in analyzation and discussion of the observations, especially those relative to rain and temperature.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Meteorological Project

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 65, Box 1, 464, 465.

Contact information

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

Date

December 15, 1868

Topic

  • Losses
  • Citizen science
  • Secretaries
  • Fire
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Memorandums
  • Volunteers
  • Meteorology
  • Fires

Form/Genre

Circular

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