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THE measures we alluded to in NATURE, vol. x.p. 294, with respect to the French Meteorological Service, have been partially adopted, and will be shortly followed by others. The Meteorological Service has been divided between two astronomers—M. Rayet, who has under his special care the magnetical map of France, the official observations taken at the observatory, and the several French stations; and M. Froat, who has been appointed to investigate the great disturbances of the atmosphere, to send warnings to the principal French seaports, to publish the atlas, and correspond with the several departmental commissions which have been already appointed. These departmental commissions are appointed by the prefect of each department, and funds are granted to them out of the departmental budget and voted by the Council General of each department.
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Organisation of the French Meteorological Service . Nature 10, 306 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010306a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/010306a0