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wind vane

(Encyclopedia)wind vane: see weather vane.

ceiling balloon

(Encyclopedia)ceiling balloon: see weather balloon. ...

pilot balloon

(Encyclopedia)pilot balloon: see weather balloon. ...

Alaska Highway

(Encyclopedia)Alaska Highway, all-weather road, 1,523 mi (2,451 km) long, extending NW from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska. An extension of an existing Canadian road between Dawson Creek and E...

Paracel Islands

(Encyclopedia)Paracel Islands päräsĕlˈ [key], Chin. Xisha, group of low coral islands and reefs in the South China Sea, c.175 mi (280 km) SE of Hainan island. They are rich in guano and are underlain by oil dep...

World Meteorological Organization

(Encyclopedia)World Meteorological Organization (WMO), specialized agency of the United Nations; established in 1950 with headquarters at Geneva, it became affiliated with the United Nations a year later. It replac...

horizontal sounding balloon

(Encyclopedia)horizontal sounding balloon: see weather balloon. ...

Ichinomiya

(Encyclopedia)Ichinomiya ēchĭnōˈmēyä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial ...

Sputnik

(Encyclopedia)Sputnik: see satellite, artificial; space exploration. ...

barometer

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Aneroid barometer barometer bərŏmˈətər [key], instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. It was invented in 1643 by the Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli, who used a column...