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Ralph Abercromby (meteorologist)

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59: 361: 55:, who died in 1801, in the moment of victory, at the Battle of Alexandria, had served his country with brilliant distinction, in the West Indies (Trinidad) and at the Helder." He himself served in the British Army from 1860 to 1869 and was stationed in Quebec. 340: 74:
such as weather and telegraphy at the US signals office. He wrote on the nomenclature of cloud formation, and figured prominently in the history of the
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summarises his ancestry, "Several of his immediate relatives had been eminently distinguished. His great-grandfather, Sir
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His essay on the climate of Australia was reissued as "Ralph Abercromby, H. A. B. 1865 Hunt, Henry Chamberlaine Russell,
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The Invention of Clouds : How an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies
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Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes From Day To Day (1888)
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telegraphic codes and message practice, 1870-1945: telegraphy in meteorology
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Seas And Skies in Many Latitudes: Or, Wanderings in Search of Weather
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art
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Raggy, Inky Cloud in London. Photo by Ralph Abercromby. 1884
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Principles of Forecasting By Means of Weather Charts
66:Ralph Abercromby is noted for his contributions to 19:(11 February 1842 – 21 June 1897) was a Scottish 376: 196: 194: 207:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood 191: 123:(Folklore History Series), Pierides Press, 89:He attained the rank of lieutenant in the 57: 93:. Abercromby died unmarried in 1897 in 377: 341:Cloud-Land in Folk-Lore and in Science 70:, his travels producing reports in 13: 162:Three Essays on Australian Weather 121:Cloud Land in Folklore And Science 14: 431: 410:King's Royal Rifle Corps officers 353: 395:19th-century Scottish scientists 359: 72:Seas and skies in many latitudes 334: 308: 282: 263: 237: 214: 182: 84:Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson 1: 330:(1671): 641. 5 November 1887. 175: 7: 10: 436: 200: 34:, the youngest son of the 110:, Kessinger Publishing, 100: 400:Scottish meteorologists 294:Popular Science Monthly 249:Popular Science Monthly 26:Abercromby was born in 415:Younger sons of barons 63: 344:The Folk-Lore Journal 227:(18 November 1897) | 76:classification system 61: 36:third Lord Abercromby 320:by Ralph Abercromby" 296:: 144. November 1897 188:1851 Scotland Census 364:Works by or about 275:Richard Hamblyn's 202:Burke, Sir Bernard 136:, Pierides Press, 64: 420:Abercromby family 405:Scottish soldiers 251:: 720. March 1898 95:Sydney, Australia 427: 366:Ralph Abercromby 363: 347: 346:. Volume 6, 1888 338: 332: 331: 312: 306: 305: 303: 301: 286: 280: 267: 261: 260: 258: 256: 241: 235: 233:10.1038/057055b0 218: 212: 211: 198: 189: 186: 53:Ralph Abercromby 45:His obituary in 17:Ralph Abercromby 435: 434: 430: 429: 428: 426: 425: 424: 375: 374: 356: 351: 350: 339: 335: 314: 313: 309: 299: 297: 288: 287: 283: 279:(New York 2001) 268: 264: 254: 252: 243: 242: 238: 219: 215: 199: 192: 187: 183: 178: 103: 12: 11: 5: 433: 423: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 397: 392: 387: 373: 372: 355: 354:External links 352: 349: 348: 333: 307: 281: 262: 236: 213: 204:, ed. (1914). 190: 180: 179: 177: 174: 164:, Nabu Press, 158: 157: 149:, Nabu Press, 144: 131: 118: 102: 99: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 432: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 382: 380: 371: 367: 362: 358: 357: 345: 342: 337: 329: 325: 321: 319: 311: 295: 291: 285: 278: 274: 271: 266: 250: 246: 240: 234: 230: 226: 222: 217: 209: 208: 203: 197: 195: 185: 181: 173: 171: 170:1-177-54608-6 167: 163: 156: 155:1-144-14870-7 152: 148: 145: 143: 142:1-146-39376-8 139: 135: 132: 130: 129:1-4455-2335-3 126: 122: 119: 117: 116:0-548-82646-3 113: 109: 105: 104: 98: 96: 92: 87: 85: 82:; along with 81: 78:developed by 77: 73: 69: 60: 56: 54: 50: 49: 43: 41: 37: 33: 29: 24: 22: 21:meteorologist 18: 343: 336: 327: 323: 317: 310: 298:. Retrieved 293: 284: 276: 272: 265: 253:. Retrieved 248: 239: 220: 216: 206: 184: 161: 159: 146: 133: 120: 107: 88: 71: 65: 46: 44: 32:Warwickshire 25: 16: 15: 390:1897 deaths 385:1842 births 316:"Review of 91:60th Rifles 80:Luke Howard 68:meteorology 40:Lord Medwyn 379:Categories 370:Wikisource 176:References 28:Leamington 318:Weather 290:"Notes" 245:"Notes" 273:citing 255:14 May 221:Nature 168:  153:  140:  127:  114:  48:Nature 300:7 May 225:55-55 106:1887 101:Works 302:2013 257:2013 223:57, 166:ISBN 151:ISBN 138:ISBN 125:ISBN 112:ISBN 368:at 229:doi 381:: 328:64 326:. 322:. 292:. 247:. 193:^ 172:" 97:. 42:. 30:, 23:. 304:. 259:. 231::

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meteorologist
Leamington
Warwickshire
third Lord Abercromby
Lord Medwyn
Nature
Ralph Abercromby

meteorology
classification system
Luke Howard
Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson
60th Rifles
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
0-548-82646-3
ISBN
1-4455-2335-3
ISBN
1-146-39376-8
ISBN
1-144-14870-7
ISBN
1-177-54608-6


Burke, Sir Bernard
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood
55-55
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