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the charts now used in the service were identical (with some 

 modifications) with those that the " Old Storm King " constructed 

 for use in the Meteorological Bureau of the War Department 



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when he was at its head. A similar acknowledgment was made 

 by General Myer. Prof. Espy was for several years a regent 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and was brought into close re- 

 lations and friendship with Prof. Henry. On the occasion of 



