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A A Entered at the Pgostorrice at Lexington, Ky,, as second—class mail matter. _ _    
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{ · State College not the least is the local oflice of the United .   J
T States Weather Bureau, established a little more than a year Ti .   V
· ‘ _ ago. The station is fully equipped with modern self—recording . {-’ ,; _ A
l A instruments by means of which a complete history of meteor-     A
i · ological elements which go to make up Lexington weather is  
»'• obtained. An instrument known as the barograph, manufac· A   V
A tured in Paris, records the virying weight of the atmosphere;    <
» A the thermograph, the temperature; in like manner the wind ;  _
L _ velocity, wind direction, rainfall, sunshine and clouds arc ·    
  recorded by means of expensive and delicate instruments. The I  _   }
  cut on the opposite page expibits a portion of the oflice equip-  
ment. ‘   _
A The present age has been one of remarkable progress in all  
branches of human knowledge, more particularly the sciences,  
» and in none has greater advancement been made than in that   ._
Q A of meteorology. To American scientists belongs the credit of I  ;
_ discovering the circumpolar track of storms and from that L ·
demonstrating the practicability of weather forecasting. The i
wide extent of territory from which simultaneous observations
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