Early China coast meteorology : the role of Hong Kong / P. Kevin MacKeown.

Numerous personality clashes and financial and other intrigues surrounded the early efforts to set up an Observatory in Hong Kong. Blending personalities, politics and practicalities of studying the weather, this entertaining book provides valuable and informative insights into the public and privat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacKeown, P. K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010.
Series:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 ocn768121237
003 OCoLC
005 20240809213013.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 111212s2010 cc ab ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e pn  |c N$T  |d YDXCP  |d E7B  |d EBLCP  |d GPM  |d OCLCQ  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCQ  |d JSTOR  |d P@U  |d OCLCF  |d NLGGC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d COO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d AZK  |d LOA  |d STBDS  |d AGLDB  |d MOR  |d PIFAG  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d IOG  |d U3W  |d STF  |d WRM  |d OCLCQ  |d VTS  |d EZ9  |d CEF  |d NRAMU  |d ICG  |d INT  |d VT2  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d WYU  |d LVT  |d YOU  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d REC  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d HS0  |d KCP  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA  |d UKCRE  |d AJS  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d SFB  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
019 |a 961570612  |a 962688696  |a 966119862  |a 988526841  |a 992075732  |a 1037785868  |a 1038696778  |a 1045627780  |a 1055318207  |a 1058141232  |a 1066612261  |a 1077266878  |a 1081283192  |a 1126029086  |a 1153465881 
020 |a 9789888053759  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9888053752  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 9789888028856 
020 |z 9888028855 
035 |a (OCoLC)768121237  |z (OCoLC)961570612  |z (OCoLC)962688696  |z (OCoLC)966119862  |z (OCoLC)988526841  |z (OCoLC)992075732  |z (OCoLC)1037785868  |z (OCoLC)1038696778  |z (OCoLC)1045627780  |z (OCoLC)1055318207  |z (OCoLC)1058141232  |z (OCoLC)1066612261  |z (OCoLC)1077266878  |z (OCoLC)1081283192  |z (OCoLC)1126029086  |z (OCoLC)1153465881 
037 |a 22573/ctt1kd89m  |b JSTOR 
043 |a a-cc-hk  |a a-cc--- 
050 4 |a QC990.C62  |b H66 2010eb 
072 7 |a NAT  |x 036000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a SCI  |x 042000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a HIS008000  |2 bisacsh 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a MacKeown, P. K. 
245 1 0 |a Early China coast meteorology :  |b the role of Hong Kong /  |c P. Kevin MacKeown. 
260 |a Hong Kong :  |b Hong Kong University Press,  |c ©2010. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) :  |b illustrations, maps 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-277) and index. 
520 |a Numerous personality clashes and financial and other intrigues surrounded the early efforts to set up an Observatory in Hong Kong. Blending personalities, politics and practicalities of studying the weather, this entertaining book provides valuable and informative insights into the public and private controversies growing out of responses to and responsibilities involved in the protection of life and property. This portrait is set firmly in the context of the history of Hong Kong as British colony on the China Coast and its role as a burgeoning commercial port within the trading complex of the Empire. It brings to life many of the people and institutions in Hong Kong and elsewhere on the development of meteorology on the China Coast. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
505 0 |a List of Figures; Foreword to the Series; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Nineteenth-Century Observatories; 2 An Observatory for Hong Kong; 3 A Director for the New Observatory; 4 Government Astronomer or 'Merely a Meteorological Observer'; 5 Universal Dissatisfaction; 6 Typhoon Studies; 7 A Jesuit Conspiracy!; 8 A New Age; Appendix A A Gazeteer; Appendix B Hong Kong Observatory Publications; Appendix C Publications of John I. Plummer; Appendix D Publications of A.W. Doberck; Notes; Bibliography; Index 
610 2 0 |a Hong Kong Observatory. 
610 2 7 |a Hong Kong Observatory  |2 fast 
650 0 |a Meteorology  |z China  |z Hong Kong. 
650 0 |a Meteorology  |z China. 
650 7 |a NATURE  |x Weather.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x Earth Sciences  |x Meteorology & Climatology.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |z Asia  |z China.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Meteorology  |2 fast 
651 7 |a China  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3 
651 7 |a China  |z Hong Kong  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvt6xv8pV6CJd3DMttxjC 
758 |i has work:  |a Early China coast meteorology (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFTJYyDVrWYKxmPgRJJp4C  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a MacKeown, P.K.  |t Early China coast meteorology.  |d Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010  |z 9789888028856  |w (DLC) 2011405283  |w (OCoLC)701422947 
830 0 |a Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=863867  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD