The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments
The development of self-registering meteorological instruments began very shortly after that of scientific meteorological observation itself. Yet it was not unt
The development of self-registering meteorological instruments began very shortly after that of scientific meteorological observation itself. Yet it was not until the 1860`s, two centuries after the beginning of scientific observation, that the self-registering instrument became a factor in meteorology.This time delay is attributable less to deficiencies in the techniques of instrument-making than to deficiencies in the organisation of meteorology itself. The critical factor was the establishment in the 1860`s of well-financed and competently directed meteorological observatories, most of which were created as adjuncts to astronomical observatories.
