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“Climate in the Age of Empire: Weather observers in colonial Canada” - Victoria Slonosky

Monday, November 27, 2017 17:00to19:00
Faculty Club Main Dining Room, 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

JAMES McGILL SOCIETY

One-Hundred and Seventy-ninth Meeting

Montreal weather records,dating from the early 19th century,are held in the鶹AV Archives and the McCord Museum.

Thomas McCord (1750-1824)and John Samuel McCord (1801-1865),among others, kept detailed weather logs.This talk considers how the study ofmeteorology and climatologyin 19th century Montrealled to the foundation of the 鶹AV Observatory.

Dr. Victoria Slonosky is Visiting ScholarDepartment of Geography.Climate in the Age of Empireis published by theAmerican Meteorological Society.

All are welcome!


Monday, November 27, 2017

Main Dining Room, 鶹AV Faculty Club
3450 McTavish Street

RECEPTION: 5:00 pm
PRESENTATION: 5:30 pm

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