Scientific Superman: Father José Algué, Jesuit meteorology, and the Philippines under American Rule, 1897-1924
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Warren, J.F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0055-6730
(2009)
Scientific Superman: Father José Algué, Jesuit meteorology, and the Philippines under American Rule, 1897-1924.
In: McCoy, A.W. and Scarano, F.A., (eds.)
Colonial Crucible: Empier in the Making of the Modern American State.
The University of Wisconsin Press, Wisconsin, U.S.A, pp. 508-519.
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Abstract
In November 1898, in Manila Bay onboard the bridge of the flagship of the American fleet, the olympia, a carefully arranged meeting between Admiral Dewey and the Jesuit meterologist Father Jose Algue was to pave the way for the reorganization of the Manila Weather Observatory under American rule...
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| Murdoch Affiliation(s): | School of Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press |
| Copyright: | 2009 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/18129 |
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