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into which much more ambitious institutions had fallen. The reason is 

 very plain to those who are familiar with Mr. Eotch's numerous visits 

 to the best of the European central and mountain observatories. The 

 care that he has taken to inform himself thoroughly in regard to their 

 equipment, work and general effectiveness is clearly reflected in his 

 printed descriptions of these institutions. By this means the youthful 

 tlirector of this new American observatory was enabled to take wliat 

 might be termed a 'short cut' to leadership in our observational 

 meteorology. 



The regular work of the Blue Hill Observatory is carried on by Mr. 

 Eotch with the assistance of Mr. H. H. Clayton, meteorologist, Mr. 



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The Pole Star recorder for Registered 

 Cloudiness at Night. 



First Thermograph Lifted by a Kite Em- 

 ployed IN 1894 



S. P. Fergusson, mechanician, and Mr. A. E. Sweetland, observer. Not 

 only did Mr. Eotch show excellent judgment in selecting a locality for 

 his observatory, but he has shown equally good judgment in the choice 

 of problems for investigation; he has taken up just those questions con- 

 cerning which we have been sadly in need of numerical data, and to 

 which every contribution is of distinct value. Moreover Mr. Eotch was 

 exceedingly fortunate in his selection of capable co-workers, for they 

 have responded in a notable manner to the demands which their 

 science has made on them. 



