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Weather Pioneers - The Signal Corps Station At Pike'S Peak (Paperback)
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At 14,110 feet, the weather station atop Pikes Peak, Colorado, was
the highest in the world in 1873. Young men trained by the Signal
Corps took turns living year-round on the isolated mountain, where
they endured loneliness, primitive living conditions, lack of
financial support and appreciation, and deteriorating health. Most
did so with dedication and good humor. Some suffered frostbitten
hands, feet and ears when they became lost on the snowy mountain
trail; others were jolted by lightning strikes. One man eventually
died; another, evidently unsuited to the solitary life, went mad.
Although weather records had been kept by private individuals and
some universities since the early 1800s both here and abroad, a
full U.S. weather reporting service had to await development and
expansion of the electric telegraph. Both farmers and coastal
shippers pressed the U.S. Congress to establish a weather
prediction facility. By 1870 a network of such stations was in
place. By late summer of 1873, workmen had finished the crude
two-room station at the top of Pikes Peak. A telegraph line snaked
through brush, trees, and boulders to the lofty summit.
When daily logs and research records were completed, some of the
Pikes Peak weather men amused themselves by writing tall tales,
expanding on their already unusual adventures. Americans loved
their stories and seldom disavowed the truth of sea monsters in
Pikes Peak lakes, plagues of mountain rats, and mysterious volcanic
eruptions. Their problems with governmental bureaucracy were at
once humorous and sad. With fortitude and imagination these early
meteorologists laid the groundwork for today's sophisticated
science of data-gathering satellites and computer models.
General
Imprint: |
Swallow Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 1993 |
First published: |
March 1993 |
Authors: |
Phyllis Smith
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Dimensions: |
217 x 141 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
126 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8040-0970-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Earth sciences >
Meteorology >
General
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LSN: |
0-8040-0970-8 |
Barcode: |
9780804009706 |
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