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Early China coast meteorology : the role of Hong Kong /
Numerous personality clashes and financial and other intrigues surrounded the early efforts to set up an Observatory in Hong Kong. Blending personalities, politics and practicalities of studying the weather, this entertaining book provides valuable and informative insights into the public and privat...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures; Foreword to the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Nineteenth-Century Observatories; 2 An Observatory for Hong Kong; 3 A Director for the New Observatory; 4 Government Astronomer or 'Merely a Meteorological Observer'; 5 Universal Dissatisfaction; 6 Typhoon Studies; 7 A Jesuit Conspiracy!; 8 A New Age; Appendix A A Gazeteer; Appendix B Hong Kong Observatory Publications; Appendix C Publications of John I. Plummer; Appendix D Publications of A.W. Doberck; Notes; Bibliography; Index