Photocopied information about the Met Office Telegraphic Reporting Station on Tiree.
History of the Met station at Cornaigmore from 1924 to 1956
2003.10.1
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2003.10.18
Scan of first report about the Met Station at Cornaig dated September 1926.
First report dated 15-17/9/1926 made by J. J. Somerville about the site, outfit, exposure and observer of the Met Station at Cornaig School and the possibility of installing a phone line.
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.
2003.10.20
Scanned photograph of Cornaig Met Station in 1935.
Looking east at the Met Station at Cornaig Shool on 17/5/1935.
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.
2003.10.21
Scanned photograph of Cornaig Met Station in 1935.
Looking north at the Met Station at Cornaig Shool on 17/5/1935.
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.
2003.10.22
Scanned photograph of Cornaig Met Station in 1935.
Looking north-east inside the Met Station enclosure at Cornaig Shool on 17/5/1935, with handwritten notes identifying the hydrograph and rain guage. (Duplicated in 2003.10.28 but without handwriting)
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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2003.10.23
Scanned photograph of Cornaig Met Station in 1935.
View from the southwest corner of the Met Station enclosure at Cornaig Shool on 17/5/1935. with handwritten notes identifying the hydrograph, rain guage, sunshine recorder and thermometer and thermograph screens. (Duplicated in 2003.10.28 but without handwriting)