For an empire of ‘all types of climate': meteorology as an imperial science

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For an empire of ‘all types of climate': meteorology as an imperial science

This article explores the relationship between meteorology, British imperialism and evolving forms of scientific internationalism in the twentieth century. Focussing on a series of imperial meteorology conferences begun in 1919, it is shown how the British Empire was positioned in the interwar perio...

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Main Author:	Mahony, Martin
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Subjects:	history of meteorology; internationalism; geography of science; climate; empire; conferences
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31137/

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