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THE appearance during 1927 of two issues, for 1924 and 1925, of the “Observatories' Year Book” of the Meteorological Office indicates notable progress in overtaking arrears of printing due to post-War causes; it may be hoped and expected that a continuance of this acceleration of printing will soon lead to the attainment of the ideal practice of publishing each year's observations before the close of the following year. The volumes include an immense amount of standard observational data for meteorology, terrestrial magnetism, and seismology, made efficiently by good observers and published in concise, economical form. The period in question was marked by the retirement from Kew Observatory of Dr. C. Chree, who had been superintendent for thirtytwo years; he was succeeded by Mr. F. J. W. Whipple. At the same time, 1925, the Kew magnetographs were discontinued, and their place was taken by Galitzin seismographs brought from Eskdalemuir; Kew thus succeeds Eskdalemuir as the official seismological station in the British Isles. The last-established observatory under the Meteorological Office is that at Lerwick, in the Shetlands; its work is almost wholly confined to atmospheric electricity, terrestrial magnetism, and aurorse; many experimental difficulties, not wholly overcome by the end of 1925, have been experienced with the instruments installed there.
Air Ministry: Meteorological Office. The Observatories' Year Book, 1924: comprising the Meteorological and Geophysical Results obtained from Autographic Records and Eye Observations at the Observatories at Lerwick, Aberdeen, Eskdalemuir, Cahirciveen (Valencia Observatory), and Richmond (Kew Observatory), and the Results of Soundings of the Upper Atmosphere by Means of Registering Balloons.
(M.O. 289.) Pp. 366. 57s. 6d. net. Year Book, 1925. (M.O. 229.) Pp. 372. 63s. net. Published by the Authority of the Meteorological Committee. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1927.)
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Air Ministry: Meteorological Office The Observatories' Year Book, 1924: comprising the Meteorological and Geophysical Results obtained from Autographic Records and Eye Observations at the Observatories at Lerwick, Aberdeen, Eskdalemuir, Cahirciveen (Valencia Observatory), and Richmond (Kew Observatory), and the Results of Soundings of the Upper Atmosphere by Means of Registering Balloons . Nature 121, 668 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121668b0
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