Weather Bureau

Mrs. Fisher, too, appearing frequently in the neighbourhood, drove over to impart her experiences and give Lily what she called the latest report from the weather-bureau; and the latter, who had never directly invited her confidence, could yet talk with her more freely than with Gerty Farish, in whose presence it was impossible even to admit the existence of much that Mrs. Fisher conveniently took for granted. ❋ Edith Wharton (1987)

That which we call the "weather-bureau," organized by ❋ James W. Steele (N/A)

—A swing thermometer, with wet and dry bulbs for determination of the amount of moisture in the air, and the maximum and minimum thermometer of the signal-service or weather-bureau type should be provided, with a case to protect them from injury. ❋ Unknown (1914)

—The Goldsmith form of direct-reading aneroid is the most accurate portable instrument and, of course, should be compared with a standard mercurial at the last weather-bureau station. ❋ Unknown (1914)

Sometimes, as in the weather-bureau foolishness, the disease left him and t'other two patients -- meanin 'me and Cap'n Jonadab -- pretty weak in the courage, and wasted in the pocketbook; but gen'rally they turned out good, and our systems and bank accounts was more healthy than normal. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

He walked up and idly inspected the kiosk where the weather-bureau reports were posted. ❋ George Looms (1906)

It seems to me that with such a map one could forecast financial storms and squalls with an accuracy quite up to the weather-bureau standard. ❋ Herbert Quick (1893)

BAROMETERS -- The Goldsmith form of direct-reading aneroid is the most accurate portable instrument and, of course, should be compared with a standard mercurial at the last weather-bureau station. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

THERMOMETERS -- A swing thermometer, with wet and dry bulbs for determination of the amount of moisture in the air, and the maximum and minimum thermometer of the signal-service or weather-bureau type should be provided, with a case to protect them from injury. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

But the Washington weather-bureau intellectualizes this disorder by making each successive bit of Boston weather EPISODIC. ❋ William James (1876)

They were not only learned in the history of the past, but they were the interpreters of the prophecy, and announced coming events with a confidence equal to that with which the weather-bureau warns us of a coming storm. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)