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Porzio. The surviving photographs of the Zi-Ka-Wei meteorograph clearly show
that this was the simpler version conceived by Brassart (Shu Jiaxin 1997: 513).
In 1879 the observatory, which had been directed by Father Jesuit Marc
Dechevrens (1845–1923) since 1876, began to studying and forecasting typhoons.
At about the same time, it acquired what Vregille (and Udías, who probably relied
on him) called Secchi’s second meteorograph. Vregille also asserted that the second
Fig. 10.8 The meteorograph of the Zi-Ka-Wei Observatory. (Shu Jiaxin 1997: 513)
10 Secchi’s Meteorographs Outside of Italy
Porzio. The surviving photographs of the Zi-Ka-Wei meteorograph clearly show
that this was the simpler version conceived by Brassart (Shu Jiaxin 1997: 513).
In 1879 the observatory, which had been directed by Father Jesuit Marc
Dechevrens (1845–1923) since 1876, began to studying and forecasting typhoons.
At about the same time, it acquired what Vregille (and Udías, who probably relied
on him) called Secchi’s second meteorograph. Vregille also asserted that the second
Fig. 10.8 The meteorograph of the Zi-Ka-Wei Observatory. (Shu Jiaxin 1997: 513)
10 Secchi’s Meteorographs Outside of Italy