Scan notes about Cornaig Met Station.
Notes about Cornaig Met Station.
2003.10.27
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Dates: 1920s
2003.10.2
Photocopied letter from Donald O. Maclean dated 7/9/1925 to Major Goldie at the Edinburgh Met Office.
Letter from Donald O. Maclean dated 7/9/1925 to Major Goldie at the Edinburgh Met Office about the erection of a telephone line to Cornaigmore and the five individuals prepared to stand guarantor for the annual running cots.
2003.10.33
Scanned document giving the history of telegraphic communications to Cornaig Sub-post Office 1924-1935.
History of telecommunications to Cornaig Sub-post Office as affecting the Met Station from 1924-1935.
2003.10.3
Photocopied account of the sunshine record of Tiree by J Crichton, MA, BSc, FRSE.
Comparison by J. Crichton, MA, BSc, FRSE, of the amounts of sunshine experienced by Tiree, the Outer Isles, the east coast of Scotland, the south of England and the Scilly Isles. No actual figures given.
2003.10.4
Photocopied letter from the Assistant Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 7/2/1925 to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office.
Letter from the Assistant Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 7/2/1925 to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office about a proposed visit to Tiree to assess the situation re a telegraph or telephone line to Cornaigmore.
2003.10.5
Photocopied letter to the Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 16/2/1925 suggesting an arrangement with the Local Education Authority to make meteorlogical recordings part of the headmaster`s duties.
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2003.10.6
Photocopied letter to Mr A. H. Ross, headmaster of Cornaigmore School, dated 14/4/1925 from the Superintendent of Edinburgh Met Office about delaying the telegraphic weather reporting station on Tiree until guarantors can be found to bear 40% of the costs required by the Post Office.
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2003.10.7
Photocopied letter to the Director of Education, Argyll County Council, dated 26/5/1925 from the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office proposing that the headmaster of Cornaig School is employed as the observer for the weather reporting station at a rate of £50 p.a. The equipment and duties involved are listed.
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2003.10.8
Photocopied letter to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office dated 27/8/1925 from the Argyll County Clerk.
Letter to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office dated 27/8/1925 from the Argyll County Clerk approving the headmaster D. O MacLean to run the Met Station at Cornaigmore.
2003.10.9
Photocopied letter to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office dated 17/8/1925 from the Air Ministry Met Office in London.
Letter from the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office dated 17/8/1925 from the Air Ministry Met Office in London asking for arrangements for establishing the Met Station at Cornaigmore to proceed as soon as the telegraph wire is installed. The weather observations to be taken and despatched are listed.