José María Algué
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.
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José María Algué
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- Name
- José María Algué
- Born
- 29 December 1856
- Birthplace
- Manresa, Spain
- Died
- 27 May 1930
- Place of death
- Roquetes, Spain
- Occupation
- Roman Catholic priest Meteorologist
- Nationality
- Spain
- Languages
- Catalan
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Father Algué was an honorary member of the Royal Society of London and the Pontificia Accademia Romana.
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• Name — José María Algué • Born — 29 December 1856 • Birthplace — Manresa, Spain • Died — 27 May 1930 • Place of death — Roquetes, Spain • Occupation — Roman Catholic priest Meteorologist
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José María Algué (1856 – 1930) was an astronomer. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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• (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). Atlas de Filipinas Works in English translation • (1900). Atlas of the Philippine Islands, Government Printing Office. • (1902). Ground Temperature Observations at Manila, 1896–1902, Bureau of Public Printing. • (1904). The Climate of the Philippines, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. • (1904). The Cyclones of the Far East, Bureau of Public Printing. • (1908). "The Meteorological Conditions in the Philippine Islands, 1908," Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. XXXV, No. 151. • (1909). Mirador Observatory, Baguio, Benguet, Bureau of Printing.
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1856
José María Algué was born in 1856 at Manresa.
1930
José María Algué died in 1930 at Roquetes.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Jose Maria Algue. His recorded language was Catalan. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.
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