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Description: | There has been an academic interest in Meteorology at the University of Aberdeen since the late 18th century and the subject is well represented in the collection. King's College hosted one of the first meteorological observatories in one of the first national meteorological recording networks in the world, established in Britain in the 1860s. The collection includes instruments from this site and from other meteorological observatories associated with the University. A.E.M Geddes lectured in meteorology for over 40 years in the first half of the 20th century (Geddes, 1921) and his colleague G.A. Clarke was famed for his cloud pictures that were used as exemplars all over the work (Clarke, 1921). The collection includes some of Clarke's original slides. Another observatory housed a Dobson ozone recorder that was used throughout World War II and King's College also ran one of the longest serving solarimeters that were part of the national solar radiation network until 2005. Meteorology is still taught in the University. The collection includes a range of barometers from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, covering those used in the field, recording barographs and laboratory reference barometers. Other instruments cover the recording of temperature, sunshine, rain and wind. The collection includes a silver disk pyreheliometer used in the measurement of the power of solar radiation, purchased from the Smithsonian Institute, who developed the device. Our example can be seen in the photograph of the total solar eclipse of 1927 taken on top of the Cromwell Tower at King's College; A series of weather maps of various dates illustrate examples from the Daily Aerological record of the British Meteorological office and the Air Ministry meteorological Office. Access to the collection is restricted and all enquiries should be sent to Dr J Reid, the Honorary Curator. Information compiled in consultation with the Honorary Curator.
Super collection: Natural Philosophy Collection.
Objects: Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder; grass thermometer; hygrometer; precision barometer; whirling psychrometer; dew point hygrometer; minimum thermometer for hanging in an enclosure; wet and dry bulb hygrometer; Six's and other max/min thermometer; total radiation thermometer; portable barometer; aneroid barometer; solar pyreheliometer; recording barograph with accessories such as recorder ink; manual rain gauge; portable radiometer; roll of thermigrams; weather charts; solar radiation thermometer; mechanical anemometer; silver disk pyreheliometer; 'Speedy' moisture tester. | Subjects: | History of Science. | Temporal: | 1868-1990 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDNP:CLD07 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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