Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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[J] Poster

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-ZZ Others

[M-ZZ51] Geoscience Studies: historical, philosophical and STS studies

Mon. May 27, 2019 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Michiko Yajima(College of Humanity and Science, Nihon University), Shigeyuki Aoki(Faculty of Letters, Chuo University), Toshihiro Yamada(Research Fellow, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo), Shigeo Yoshida(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University)

[MZZ51-P04] The role of the private sector in the formation of the meteorological observation network of Japan in the nineteenth century

*Akira Yamamoto1 (1.Meteorological Research Institute)

Keywords:meteorological observation network, history of meteorology, NONAKA Chiyoko, TONNO Kiyo, TANABE Tami, national meteorological services

Three names of women are recognized on the membership lists of the Meteorological Society of Japan (1882-) in the nineteenth century. At the time when the national meteorological services were under developing at the initiative of the central government, all of them are in the private sector. By following their origins and backgrounds, some role of the private sector in the formation process of the meteorological observation network in the Meiji era are described.