José María Algué

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Nationality Spanish Fields Meteoroly		Name Jose Algue

Born December 29, 1856Manresa, Spain ( 1856-12-29 ) Died May 27, 1930(1930-05-27) (aged 73)Roquetes, Spain

José María Algué, SJ (29 December 1856 – 27 May 1930), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist in the observatory of Manila. He invented the barocyclonometer, the nephoscope and a kind of microseismograph. Father Algué was an honorary member of the Royal Society of London and the Pontificia Accademia Romana.

Works

(1897). Baguíos y Ciclones Filipinos

(1897). El Barociclonómetro

(1898). Las Nubes en el Archipiélago Filipino

(1898). El Baguio de Samar y Leyte, Octubre 12-13, 1897

(1900). El Archipiélago Filipino

(1904). Atlas de Filipinas

Works in English translation

(1900). Atlas of the Philippine Islands, Government Printing Office.

(1902). Ground Temperature Observations at Manila, 1896-1902, Bureau of Public PrScience in the Philippinesinting.

(1904). The Climate of the Philippines, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census.

(1904). The Cyclones of the Far East, Bureau of Public Printing.

(1908). "The Meteorological Conditions in the Philippine Islands, 1908," Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. XXXV, No. 151.

(1909). Mirador Observatory, Baguio, Benguet, Bureau of Printing.

References

José María Algué Wikipedia

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