EARLY WORK ON TROPICAL CYCLONES

MELDRUM, C.

Notes on the Form of Cyclones and on some of the Rules given for avoiding their centres.

London, George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1873.

8vo. Without wrappers, as issued. Offprint from "Monthly Notices of the Meteorological Society of Mauritius". Spine with paper back-strip and library label to lower part of title-page and verso of map. A few annotations to title-page, otherwise internally nice and clean. 24 pp. + 1 folded map. 


First edition of this important early study of tropical cyclones based on extensive meteorological observations made in Mauritius and the surrounding waters.

Meldrum, Scottish meteorologist Charles Meldrum (1821–1901), director of the Royal Alfred Observatory in Mauritius and one of the authorities on cyclonic storms in the southern Indian Ocean, here studies the form and structure of cyclones and discusses the navigational rules then in use for avoiding their centers.
Meldrum was a pioneer in the study of tropical cyclones. His work at the Mauritius observatory contributed substantially to the development of modern cyclone research.

Order-nr.: 63644

DKK 2.500,00