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the lejuling Eiij^lish meteorologists. The history of weather forecasting in 

 Ein-'lanfl startH from Athiiinil II. Fitzroy of 'storm cone' fame'. By his 

 exertions the Kiiglisli MetuorologicJil Utnce was founded in 1854. Kilzroy 

 had more entiiusiasni than science. On his death in 18G5 the Board of Tnuie 

 appointed a small departnn'ntal committee to consider the whole subject. 

 It consisted of Mr (afterwards Lord) Furrer, then periuanent secretary of the 



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The dotted lines indicate tl-.c grarfation-;of baromelrirat pressure, the (Inures 

 at the end showing the height, uiih the words "' Kuing," ** KalhnK." &(i, 

 as required. The temperature at the principal stations i^ niaiked by 

 figures, the state of the sea and sky by words. The direction aoil force 

 of the wind are shown by arrows, barbed and feathered accordin,' * ' •»* 

 force. © denotes calm. 



Oalton's Weather Map, Tht Timet, April 1, 1875. 



Board of Trade, Captain Frederick Evans, the Hydrographer, and Francis 

 Galton. They reported in 186(5, and as a result of their report the Meteoro- 

 logical Committee was appointed in 1868 with Galton as a member. This com- 

 mittee worked for some years, but it was felt that a wider scope of action was 

 desirable, and after a second Government committee appointed by the Board 

 of Trade and Treasury conjointly, Galton again being a member, it emerged 

 as the Meteoroloirical Council, and of this Galton was a member until 1901. 



' Better known to some of our readers as the CupUin Fitzroy of the Beagle, the surveying 

 pp on which Charles Darwin sailed as Naturalist. 



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