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José María Algué

Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist (1856-1930)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ6293172 ↗
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José María Algué, SJ (29 December 1856 – 27 May 1930), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist in the observatory of Manila. He invented the barocyclonometer, the nephoscope and a kind of microseismograph. The barocyclonometer was officially adopted by the US Navy and warships of the North Atlantic Squadron were equipped with them around 1914. Father Algué was an honorary member of the Royal Society of London and the Pontificia Accademia Romana.

Works

(1897). Baguíos y Ciclones Filipinos

(1897). El Barociclonómetro

(1898). Las Nubes en el Archipiélago Filipino

(1898). El Baguio de Samar y Leyte, Octubre 12-13, 1897

(1900). El Archipiélago Filipino

(1904).

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This entry incorporates text from “José María Algué” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.