Article ID: CBB737659361

Asian Extremes: Experience and Exchange in the Development of Meteorological Knowledge C. 1840-1930 (2017)

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This paper seeks therefore to accomplish four interconnected aims. First, to consider the development of meteorological services in British Hong Kong, and to a lesser extent Singapore, to highlight a lesser known aspect of the story of nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial meteorological science. Second, to draw attention to the region’s extreme weather as a unique factor which differentiated imperial science in the colonies from meteorology in Britain. The weather provided a catalyst for investment in regional research ultimately critical to understanding global drivers in the evolution of meteorological science. Third, to consider the history of making observations in the region. This history joined the maritime community with the terrestrial meteorological organisations. As scholars have noted, ships could rightly be considered ‘itinerant observatories’ generating knowledge through the intimate experience of ship’s officers with oceanic weather. Finally, it will explore something of the knowledge network that linked the colonial port city of Hong Kong, and to a lesser extent Singapore, via the shipping and communications channels that criss-crossed the China Seas and connected East and Southeast Asia.

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Authors & Contributors
Keck, Frédéric
Kah Seng Loh
Chang, Jiat-Hwee
Chan-Yeung, Moira M. W.
Joanna W. C. Lee
Chi Chi Huang
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
Public health
Meteorology
Medicine and society
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Hong Kong
Singapore
China
Taiwan
Malaya
Tropics
Institutions
Hong Kong. Royal Observatory
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
British East India Company
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