Abstract
IN NATURE (vol. xv. p. 421) there appeared a brief abstract of the presidential address of Mr. H. S. Eaton to the Meteorological Society of London on February 21. The increase of temperature at Greenwich in recent years is stated to be in reality due to local causes and not to secular variation, to which it has, as he thinks, been erroneously assigned. The effect of the growth of the population of London from 900,000 at the commencent of the century to 3,500,000 at the present time, and the still greater increase in the comparative consumption of coal, Mr. Eaton considers to be manifested by the rise in the average temperature of the air at the Royal Observatory, and for this reason it is concluded that Greenwich is not a suitable place for a meteorological observatory of the first order.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
BUCHAN, A. Greenwich as a Meteorological Observatory. Nature 15, 450 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015450a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/015450a0
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.