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METEOROLOGY in this country has owed much to the enterprise of the Press. In the year 1876 the Times inaugurated the service of evening telegrams to the Meteorological Office, and for several years it bore the expense thereof, at first alone, and afterwards in conjunction with the Standard and the Daily News. It was not until 1880 that the cost of this part of our national weather service was taken over by the Government. After relinquishing its direct connection with the enterprise, the Times continued to stimulate public interest in meteorology by including in its pages a copy of the evening weather chart of the Meteorological Office. Upon the outbreak of war publication had to be discontinued, but the issue for January 22 was marked by the revival of this very welcome feature. We are glad also to note that the editor has seen his way to increase the scale of the map, which now occupies the width of two columns of the paper, the change making a vast difference to its effectiveness. It is also of interest to note that the isobars are marked in millibars, as well as in inches, the intervals between them being five millibars. We hope that the day may not be far distant when the blank spaces may be filled by observations. Ships' observations from the Atlantic should soon be available again by wireless, and it seems not too much to expect that these and the French reports may reach this country sufficiently early for incorporation in the map.
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The “Times” Weather Reports . Nature 102, 427 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102427a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/102427a0