Event
鈥淐limate in the Age of Empire: Weather observers in colonial Canada鈥� - Victoria Slonosky
Monday, November 27, 2017 17:00to19:00
Faculty Club
Main Dining Room, 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA
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JAMES McGILL SOCIETY
One-Hundred and Seventy-ninth Meeting
Montreal weather records,听dating from the early 19th century,听are held in the听香蕉视频 Archives and the McCord Museum.
Thomas McCord (1750-1824)听and John Samuel McCord (1801-1865),听among others, kept detailed weather logs.听This talk considers how the study of听meteorology and climatology听in 19th century Montreal听led to the foundation of the McGill Observatory.
Dr. Victoria Slonosky is Visiting Scholar听Department of Geography.听Climate in the Age of Empire听is published by the听American Meteorological Society.
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All are welcome!
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Monday, November 27, 2017
Main Dining Room, McGill Faculty Club
3450 McTavish Street
RECEPTION: 听5:00 pm
PRESENTATION: 听5:30 pm