Report on hygrometric methods; first part, including the saturation method and the chemical method, and dew-point instruments. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. (A.) For the year MDCCCLXXXVIII, Volume 179.

SHAW, Sir William Napier (1854-1945).

Published by Harrison & Sons, 1889.], London:, 1889

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297 x 233 mm. 4to. Pages 73-149. 6 figs., numerous tables, 1 lithographic plate. Dis-bound. William Shaw studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1879. In that year he began his studies on hygrometric methods and instruments. As a result of this work, Shaw was appointed a member of the Meteorological Council in 1897. He became director of the Meteorological Office in 1905; under his administration the Meteorological Office was transformed through the introduction of a trained scientific staff that emphasized studies of the physics of the atmosphere. DNB, 1941-1950, pp. 783-784; DSB, XII, pp. 366-367.

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• Title: Report on hygrometric methods; first part, including the saturation method and the chemical method, and dew-point instruments. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. (A.) For the year MDCCCLXXXVIII, Volume 179.
• Publisher: Harrison & Sons, 1889.], London:
• Publication Date: 1889
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