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The pay of the signal-service soldiers is small, and it is hardly to be supposed that they are all enthusiasts in science, or so in love with meteorology that they cheerfully brave danger and hardships such as these for its sake.

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The telegrams, as soon as received, are printed by signal-service men, rapidly enveloped in wrappers already stamped and addressed, and sent by the swiftest conveyance to every post-office which can be reached before 2 P.M. of the same day, and when received are displayed on bulletin-boards.

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Frederick Meyer, another of these signal-service soldiers, was sent on the North Polar expedition with Captain Hall.

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During the whole of this time the signal-service soldier continued faithful to his work, taking such observations as were possible with the instruments left to him.

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With their enthusiasm fairly kindled for the work which the government carries on in the signal-service department of the little house on the beach, [A] our exploring party descended the narrow ladder and found themselves in a ten-by-twelve room, warmed by a stove and surrounded by benches.

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Passing two examinations successfully in the latter course, the signal-service soldier is detailed for duty at a post as assistant, and after six months 'satisfactory service is returned to Fort Whipple for the special instruction given to observer-sergeants.

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I have little faith in the signal-service by flags and torches, though we always used them; because, almost invariably when they were most needed, the view was cut off by intervening trees, or by mists and fogs.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

—A swing thermometer, with wet and dry bulbs for determination of the amount of moisture in the air, and the maximum and minimum thermometer of the signal-service or weather-bureau type should be provided, with a case to protect them from injury.

Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness 1914

In particular the professional meteorologist who conducts a "weather bureau" -- as, for example, the chief of the United States signal-service station in New York -- is so preoccupied with the observation of this phenomenon that cyclone-hunting might be said to be his chief pursuit.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904

It is for this purpose, in the main, that government weather bureaus or signal-service departments have been established all over the world.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904