150 Years: The Leipzig Meteorological Conference, 1872, a Milestone in International Meteorological Cooperation by Michael Börngen, Thomas Foken

“…The organizers of the Leipzig Conference (was held on 14–16 August 1872) were the German Carl Christians Bruhns (1830–1881), the Austrian Carl Jelinek (1822–1876) and the Swiss Heinrich von Wild (1833–1902). The discussions at the conference were conducted on the basis of a catalogue of 26 questions on the most pressing issues of the use of measuring instruments, observation periods, and data exchange (catalog in English translation in the appendix) that were sent together with the invitation. …”
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