Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884

Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884In 1875 Lieutenant Weyprecht of the Austrian navy called the...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884

Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884

In 1875 Lieutenant Weyprecht of the Austrian navy called the attention of scientific men to the desirability of having an organized and continual system of hourly meteorological and magnetic observations around the poles. In 1879 the first conference of what was termed the International Polar Congress was held at Hamburg. Delegates from eight nations were present--Germany, Austria, Denmark, France, Holland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. The congress then settled upon a programme whose features were: 1. To establish general principles and fixed laws in regard to the pressure of the atmosphere, the distribution and variation of temperature, atmospheric currents, climatic characteristics. 2. To assist the prediction of the course and occurrence of storms. 3. To assist the study of the disturbances of the magnetic elements and their relations to the auroral light and sun spots. 4. To study the distribution of the magnetic force and its secular and other changes. 5. To study the distribution of heat and submarine currents in the polar regions. 6. To obtain certain dimensions in accord with recent methods. Finally, to collect observations and specimens in the domain of zoology, botany, geology, etc. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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