Early China Coast Meteorology: The Role of Hong Kong

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CONTENTS List of Figures vii Foreword to the Series ix Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv 1. Nineteenth-Century Observatories 1 2. An Observatory for Hong Kong 27 3. A Director for the New Observatory 55 4. Government Astronomer or ‘Merely a Meteorological Observer’ 73 5. Universal Dissatisfaction 107 6. Typhoon Studies 133 7. A Jesuit Conspiracy 173 8. A New Age 207 Appendix A A Gazeteer 229 Appendix B Hong Kong Observatory Publications 231 Appendix C Publications of John I. Plummer 235 Appendix D Publications of A. W. Doberck 239 Notes 249 Bibliography 273 Index 279 MacKeown_00_fm_rev.indd 5 02/12/2010 11:55 AM MacKeown_00_fm_rev.indd 6 02/12/2010 11:55 AM ...