WEATHER STATION.
LINER’S NEW ROLE. SYDNEY, April 14. Tn connection with the Awatea becoming an official meteorological station, the" officers of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, who installed the instruments in the Awatea., stated that she was the first merchant ship in the world to have a meteorological office, the instruments in which were valued at £IOOO.
They include a specially stabilised theodolite which cannot he affected by tiie roll of tho ship, and they also include a thermometer which can be attached to the mast and the readings of which can he electrically recorded in Mr Martin’s office. There is also a seawater reading thermometer and an instrument fo measure wind velocity aboard the ship. Other equipment comprises a barograph and a lilvoral supply of balloons filled with hydrogen for gauging wind force and pressures. Mr Martin’s task in some respects will he difficult, as his calculations will he subject to the ship’s speed and other considerations which are non-existent on land. The Tasman Sea, it is pointed out, is a most interesting field for meteorological research, as cyclones come from all directions. Tt is expected that some time will elapse before the station is in full working ordcr-
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 116, 17 April 1939, Page 2
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199WEATHER STATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 116, 17 April 1939, Page 2
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