Weather maps, War Department /

Weather maps, War Department /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	United States. Army. Signal Corps. Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C. : Published by order of the Secretary of War, 1871]
Description:	maps : 36 x 56 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Meteorology -- United States -- Charts, diagrams, etc. Meteorology -- Charts, diagrams, etc. Climatology -- Maps. Climatology. Meteorology. United States -- Climate -- Maps. United States. Charts, diagrams, etc. Maps.
Cartographic data:	Scale [ca. 1:9,750,000].
Format:	Map U.S. Federal Government Document Print
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4084837

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Other authors / contributors:	United States. War Department.
Notes:	Apparently a work book issued with blank maps to be filled in with weather information. Maps show weather information transcribed by "Abbe" from Jan. 10 to Jan. 18, 1873 with approximately 8 periodic entries per day. "L.H. Rogers & Co., 61 William St., N.Y., Manifold map process, patented Jul. 18, 1870." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by L.H. Rogers & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Printed on cover : "for use as an illustration of progress in map making since the seventies." Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington.

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Item Description:	Apparently a work book issued with blank maps to be filled in with weather information. Maps show weather information transcribed by "Abbe" from Jan. 10 to Jan. 18, 1873 with approximately 8 periodic entries per day. "L.H. Rogers & Co., 61 William St., N.Y., Manifold map process, patented Jul. 18, 1870." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by L.H. Rogers & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Printed on cover : "for use as an illustration of progress in map making since the seventies." Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington.
Physical Description:	Scale [ca. 1:9,750,000]. maps : 36 x 56 cm.