Meteorological Office
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence on meteorological instruments, 1953
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/123
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding meteorological instruments, including a letter from H.G. Barker to the Meteorological Office regarding a large Stevenson Screen and the Dines anemo-biograph, and a request to the Admiralty from J.H. Whale for a rain recorder for Herstmonceux.
Dates:
1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on meteorological observations, 1952 - 1956
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/391
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Meteorological Office regarding the discontinuing of regular observations at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Dates:
1952 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on meteorology, 1895 - 1906
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/113
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and some related papers concerning meteorology, indexed and divided into the following sections: Meteorological Office - London; Meteorological Commission - Cape Town; Local Correspondence and Information Given; Instruments; Officers of Her Majesty's Ships; and Miscellaneous.
Dates:
1895 - 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on meteorology and meteor showers, 1879 - 1895
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/112
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding meteorology and the sighting of meteor showers, divided into eight sections:Correspondence between D. Gill and the Meteorological Office, London, regarding the supply of equipment, barometers, etc., to the Cape Observatory, 18 March 1879 - 5 April 1884.Correspondence between D. Gill, the Meteorological Commission and various individuals on the preparation of annual weather reports and measurements made, 30 May 1879 - April 1895.Correspondence...
Dates:
1879 - 1895
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence with the Meteorological Office, 1939 - 1958
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/392
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Meteorological Office and other papers regarding meteorological studies and related subjects, including the following items:Correspondence with the Air Ministry Meteorological Research Committee, 1946.Notes on a proposed method of estimating temperature at high altitudes by measuring the time sound takes to travel between an explosion point in the air and the Earth's surface, 1946.Suggested method for using long-range projectiles for the...
Dates:
1939 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous meteorological papers, 1884 - 1904
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/131
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous papers, 1888-1889Index sheet, 1889.Index sheet, 1888.Letter to W.G. King from H.C. Fox, 1888.Unsigned and undated memorandum [1888].Letter from W. Ellis to H.C. Fox replying to his letter, 1888.Letter from the R.M. College, Kingston, Ontario, and a reply from W. Ellis, 1888.Letter from W. Hoshen Richards regarding droughts and a reply from W. Ellis, 1888.Letter regarding cup...
Dates:
1884 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Meteorological Council, 1879 - 1912
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/125
Scope and Contents
Papers discussing a table of equivalents of the Beaufort Scale intermingled with papers on tables of sunshine, 1906.Meteorological Office circular on Beaufort's Scale of wind force, 1906. Tables of averages of temperature, rainfall and bright sunshine based on observations taken during 1866-1900, with related correspondence, 1906.Papers concerning the meteorological reports of the Royal Observatory, 1906-1908.Letters concerning observations of gross minimum...
Dates:
1879 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the Meteorological Council, 1877 - 1930
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/126
Scope and Contents
Annual reports of meteorological work carried out at the Royal Observatory, 1895-1930.Monthly reports from the Royal Observatory to the Royal Meteorological Society on recorded minimum and maximum temperatures, 1903-1911.Balloting lists and notices of lectures and exhibitions for the Royal Meteorological Society, 1877-1894.Annual reports of meteorological work carried out at the Royal Observatory, 1877-1893.Correspondence between W. Marriott and the Royal...
Dates:
1877 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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