Professional Papers of the Signal Service, Nos. 11-18 (all but 17), United States of America War Department

Published between 1882 and 1885 by Government Printing Office, Washington DC

RARE copy of these valuable papers, which were compiled under the direction of Brig. & Bvt. Maj Gen'l W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer of the Army. The papers are No. XI: Meteorological and Physical Observations on the East Coast of British America (1883); No. XII: Popular Essays on the Movements of the Atmosphere (1882); No. XIII: Temperature of the Atmosphere of the Earth's Surface (1884); No. XIV: Charts of Relative Storm Frequency (1884); No. XV: Researches on Solar Heat and Its Absorption by the Earth's Atmosphere - A Report of the Mount Whitney Expedition (1884); No. XVI: Tornado Studies for 1884 (1885); and No. XVIII Thermometer Exposure (1885).  Several maps and charts included.  No. XVII is NOT included.

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