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THE Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade was, as is well known, constituted by Government in 1856 with the object of collecting and discussing facts and observations too numerous to be collected and discussed by private persons. The Department continued for ten years under the sole direction of Admiral Fitzroy, who, by his self-denying exertions and enthusiasm, and a genius for developing meteorology in certain of its practical applications, gave a great and withal healthy impetus to a sound study of the laws of weather.
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ZETA The Annual Parliamentary Grant for Meteorology. Nature 15, 448–449 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015448a0
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