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Title
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Charting the Ephemeral: The Evolution of Climate Knowledge
Description
An account of the resource
A collection of maps and charts illustrating techniques and methods for manually depicting weather data. The project explores the ways in which early meteorologists sought to understand their environments, how the technological advancements such as the invention of the barometer, telegraph, and RADAR impacted knowledge of world climate.
Creator
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Jose Rivera
Coverage
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US/World
Historical Map
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Type
individual map, atlas sheet, book figure, part of bound collection, born-digital
Map part of accompanying report on Meteorology.
Format notes
Lithograph map, 23 × 27 cm.
Collection
Name of collection of which the map is a part
[Historic Maps Collection]
URL or Unique Identifier
http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/thematic-maps/quantitative/meteorology/espy-map-1838.jpg
Lithographer
James P. Espy
Repository
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals
Date Published
1838
Date Depicted
March, 16th, 17th, & 18th, 1838
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Title
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Map Embodying the Information Received by the Committee on Meteorology of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania in Relation to the Storm of March, 16th, 17th, & 18th, 1838, Illustrating the Report of the Meteorologist.
Description
An account of the resource
This is the first U.S. weather map. In his accompanying report, Espy states that the committee received back 50 responses from the 250 circulars it sent out to different parts of the United States and Canada regarding this notable storm. The map represents the assembled data, with reporting stations numbered from 1 to 50, roughly in order from south to north and from west to east as the storm was tracked. The three large circles show the eastern progress of the storm over the three days. Readings of barometric pressure, arrows for wind direction and relative strength, and descriptive words for precipitation/sky (rain/sleet/hail/snow, clear/fair/cloudy/heavy) are provided in the cells of small tables (three or four rows by two or three columns) printed next to each station number. Morning and evening results, if given, appear in adjacent cells of a row, and each row represents a different day (March 16, 17, 18, and sometimes 19). Like a time-delay photograph, the map nicely traces the regional movement of the storm, but graphic methods (shading, color, use of symbols) have not been developed yet to replace Espy’s data tables.
Creator
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James P. Espy
Source
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From Espy’s “Report of the Committee on Meteorology” in Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania and Mechanics’ Register.
Publisher
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Philadelphia [Pa.]: : Published by the Franklin Institute, at their hall; F. Taylor, Washington City; G. & C. Carvill & Co., New York; and Joseph H. Francis, Boston., -1841.
Date
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1838
Format
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Lithograph map, 23 × 27 cm.
Relation
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Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures and the Recording of American and Other Patented Inventions, n.s., 22 (1838): 161–175
Language
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English
Coverage
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Northeastern United States; Pennsylvania
chart
circles
Climate
climate data
Eastern United States
meteorology
Northeastern United States
Pennsylvania
precipitation
reporting stations
storm
United States
weather
wind pressure
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Map layer
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Title
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Projection and latitude and longitude lines
Description
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This layer shows the lines that the mapmaker used to design the projection. This is an important backbone to the map as it shows how Vespucci planned the unusual polar projection and the lines would have provided him with guidelines for where different features are. The latitude and longitude lines also allow the viewer to orient themselves in regards to which part of the globe they are seeing. These lines are very obvious and visually striking, especially in the large spaces around the globe.
circles
equator
frame
IC
Latitude
lines
Longitude
meridians
numbers
polar projection
projection
tropics