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	NOAA History - Profiles in Time/NWS Biographies - Prof. Cleveland Abbe
		It was largely owing to Professor Abbe's advice that General Myer, the Chief Signal Officer, sought the cooperation of foreign governments and of the International Meteorological Congress of 1873 in establishing the "Daily Bulletin of Simultaneous International Meteorological Observations," and Professor Abbe took a leading part in organizing this remarkable enterprise.
		Cleveland Abbe, which occurred in the early morning of October 28, 1916, is announced.
		Professor Abbe's life was one of unusual simplicity and devotion to science, especially to meteorology and climatology, although the early years of his manhood were occupied with astronomical work in which he gained much distinction.
	www.history.noaa.gov /nwsbios/abbe.html (784 words)

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		JOHN2 ABBE, son of John1 and Mary () Abbe, born in 1636 or 1637, probably in Salem, Mass., died suddenly, December 11, 1700, in Windham, Conn. As early as 1663, he was one of three to oversee the Town's Common and to resist encroachments on the timber.
		To Thomas Abbe 35 acres Meadow 4 acres and a homelot of 11 acres.
		Adonijah Montague of Pawlet, Vt. Abigail Abbe, b.Oct. 25, 1709.
	www.fortunecity.com /millenium/sat/426/ged/docs/abbe.txt (13542 words)

	Cleveland Abbe: "Ol' Probabilities" of the US Weather Bureau
		Abbe was born December 3, 1838 in New York City, the eldest of seven children of George Waldo Abbe, a merchant, and Charlotte Colgate.
		Cleveland crossed the Atlantic in 1865 to further his studies in Russia, where he spent two years as a student and assistant at the Nicholas Central Observatory at Pulkova under the distinguished astronomer Otto Struve.
		Abbe held an adjunct professorship of meteorology beginning in 1884 at Columbian (now George Washington) University where he supervised the training of Weather Service personnel, and he was a frequent lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
	www.islandnet.com /~see/weather/history/cabbe.htm (1817 words)

	Plant Science Bulletin Vol 46 No 2 - In Memoriam
		The Abbe laboratory was always well represented at Academy meetings; all of his students, from Bernie Phinney and Otto Stein in the 1940's through Martin Goffinet and Marsh Sundberg in the 1970's "cut their professional teeth" at the Minnesota Academy of Science.
		Abbe contributed his extensive preserved plant collections to the University of Minnesota Herbarium and was instrumental in expanding it into an important regional and international collection within the Department.
		Abbe is survived by a sister, Elfriede Abbe of Manchester Center, VT; two sons, Robert C. Abbe of Newton, MA and David C. Abbe of San Diego, CA; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
	www.botany.org /bsa/psb/2000/obit00-2.html (1203 words)

	Abbe, Cleveland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abbe studied astronomy at the Univ. of Michigan, under B. Gould at Cambridge, Mass., and in Pulkovo, Russia.
		As director of the Cincinnati Observatory, he inaugurated daily weather predictions based on telegraphic reports.
		This work prompted the establishment of the national weather service, under the Signal Corps (1870), which Abbe joined in 1871; from 1891 to 1916 he served in the U.S. Weather Bureau.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ab/Abbe-Cle.html (130 words)

	Search Results for "Cleveland"
		Cleveland, Grover, (Stephen Grover Cleveland), 1837-1908, 22d (1885-89) and 24th (1893-97) President of the United States, b.
		Cleveland Orchestra, one of the foremost orchestras in the United States.
		Cleveland, former county, England, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974).
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	Abbe, Cleveland on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ernst Abbe, 94, dies; was University of Minnesota botany professor.(NEWS)
		Bank One, Cleveland reaches agreement for Premier Bank and Trust to purchase 11 of its Lorain County banking offices.
		Toddler from Mississippi recovers after heart surgery in Cleveland, Ohio.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Abbe-C1le.asp (293 words)

	NOAA History - Profiles in Time/Giants of Science/Cleveland Abbe
		Ebenezer Abbe, of Windham, Conn., spoke for the community in 1717 to the Assembly in a petition that property taxes be applied to the establishment of their church.
		Professor Cleveland Abbe was born on Madison street, New York City, December 3, 1838, and died at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., October 28, 1916, from effects incident to the malignant degeneration of a mole, which had rapidly become so extensive as to prevent his resting comfortably in other than one position.
		Professor Abbe, the only man in the country who, before, the establishment of this Service, had had experience in practical weather forecasting for the public, was then appealed to, and finally consented to serve in the position Lapham and been unable to accept, beginning on January 3, 1871.
	www.history.noaa.gov /giants/abbe.html (5901 words)

	Abbe, Cleveland -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cleveland distinguished himself as one of the few truly honest and principled politicians of the Gilded Age.
		Ernst Abbe, who began his career as a professor and ended it as a successful manufacturer, once summarized the relationship of his two professions in these words of advice to engineers: “One must know the means which technology puts at his disposal, in order to attain that which theory proves...
		Includes a report from Joe Smith of member stations WCPM and guests Bob Bergman of the Cleveland Museum of Art and Timothy Hagen, county commissioner from Cuyahoga county.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003238 (890 words)

	Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington)
		This elegant Federal town house, built in 1808, was home to Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916), father of the United States Weather Bureau, from 1877 to 1909.
		Abbe purchased the house a few years after moving to Washington, DC, to assume the position of Assistant Chief to the Signal Officer and direct the establishment and growth of the United States Weather Bureau.
		Abbe, a meteorologist, had recognized that with the expansion of the telegraph system a central location could be established to collect meteorological data from around the country and determine weather patterns upon which to base weather predictions.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nR/travel/wash/dc43.htm (427 words)

	Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN): Ernst Abbe, 94, dies; was University of Minnesota botany professor.(NEWS)@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/10/2000; Her, Lucy Y. He came from a family of astronomers, but Ernst Cleveland Abbe found success as a different species of scientist - a botanist.
		He was a botany professor at the University of Minnesota for more than 40 years and traveled the world for his work.
		He said Abbe was instrumental at the university in finding research money for projects.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:62414585&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (210 words)

	Cleveland Abbe
		Abbe his meteorologist, whose duty it was to prepare "probabilities" or storm warnings.
		Abbe became popularly known as "Old Probabilities," and under his direction the service soon reached the high degree of efficiency that it has since maintained.
		Abbe in person did the work of collating and tabulating, which had to be done three times a day.
	www.stanklos.com /clevelandabbe (593 words)

	Cleveland links US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One of the most renowned thinkers and insightful writers on leadership of our time, Harlan Cleveland has seen numerous trends come and go and weathered many drastic changes in leadership and management - from the rise of the 'company man' to the advent of the leaderless, self-managed organization.
		In each essay, Cleveland focuses on an intriguing insight about leadership - illustrated by stories from his own experience - offering thoughtful perspective on what 21st century leaders will face in the new knowledge environment.
		Cleveland links US or references to the subject of cleveland...
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	MSN Encarta - Search View - Time Zone
		Cleveland Abbe, an American meteorologist, developed a system of weather reporting and forecasting using the telegraph to share information between weather stations.
		In order to compile his information, Abbe required a time-keeping system that was consistent between the stations.
		In 1883 Abbe convinced North American railroad companies to adopt his time zone system.
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	Abbe Coat of Arms
		In the middle ages, this was the title held usually by the leading family of the village.
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Sarah Abbey who settled in the Barbados in 1679; William Abbeys settled in Virginia in 1638; Thomas Abbeys settled in Virginia in 1637; Thomas Abbe settled in Virginia in 1673.
		This practice, which often included paying homage to the Clan Chief at important events was effective in building respect, devotion and familiarity between different families within the same clan.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/abbe-coat-arms.htm (1013 words)

	Search Results for Cleveland - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cleveland distinguished himself as one of the few truly honest and...
		American first lady (1886–89; 1893–97), the wife of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, and the youngest first lady in American history.
		city, eastern residential suburb of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, northeastern Ohio, U.S. Incorporated as a village in 1903, Cleveland Heights remained a wooded area until it became a city in 1921.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Cleveland&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (481 words)

	Guide to the Elfriede Abbe Papers,1939-1989
		Elfriede Abbe, a sculptor, printer, printmaker, and scientific illustrator, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University in 1940 and worked as an artist for the University from 1942-1974.
		Also included in the collection are Abbe family papers which consist mainly of the letters (1840-1883) of Elfriede Abbe's great-grandparents, George Waldo Abbe, pioneer of meteorology and climatology and founder of the United States Weather Bureau, and Charlotte Colgate Abbe.
		The letters refer to concerts and lectures, opinions and incidents relating to abolition, Baptists, New Versionists, the depression of 1857, and summer visits by Charlotte Abbe and the children to "Dog Hill," Moses Cleveland Abbe's farm in South Windham, Connecticut.
	rmc.library.cornell.edu /EAD/htmldocs/RMA01102.html (457 words)

	Abbe, Robert on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		New York City, M.D. Columbia, 1874; brother of Cleveland Abbe.
		He was especially noted as a plastic surgeon and was a pioneer in the use of catgut sutures.
		A friend of the Curies, Abbe was also one of the first in the United States to use radium in treating cancer.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/abbe-r1ob.asp (266 words)

	Cleveland Abbe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cleveland Abbe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		He is also noted as being the father of (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) U.S. Weather Bureau.
		He was also a genealogist, writing the history of his paternal family in the book "The Abbe-Abbey Genealogy" co-authored with Josephine Nichols.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/cleveland_abbe.htm (82 words)

	December 3 - Today in Science History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abbe was the only person in the country who was already experienced in drawing weather maps from telegraphic reports and forecasting from them.
		Twenty years later he went into partnership with Ernst Abbe (1840-1905), who was his advisor on theoretical advances in optics.
		Abbe further enhanced the reputation of the company and became its sole owner upon the death of Zeiss.
	www.todayinsci.com /12/12_03.htm (3152 words)

	THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: THE SIGNAL YEARS (1870 - 1891) AS VIEWED BY EARLY WEATHER PIONEERS
		Most of the material was collected from the National Archives; however, the testimonies by Cleveland Abbe and Isaac M. Cline were taken from their books (see the Bibliography).
		Editor's Note: Cleveland Abbe was a highly respected civilian meteorologist who worked for the Signal Service, and later the Weather Bureau.
		Abbe on various occasions and he urged me to make a special study of Tornadoes and improve on the work of these earlier investigators.
	www.nws.noaa.gov /pa/history/signal.php (19562 words)

	Working On The Old And New Machines - Tuesday, October 13, 1903 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On October 3rd they changed this mechanism to try and allow more twisting of the wings without twisting the entire body of the vehicle.
		A gentle and kind man whose enthusiasm encouraged others in their own scientific pursuits, Professor Cleveland Abbe was well-liked and respected.
		While he originally worked conducted astronomical research, Abbe is best known for his work in meteorology and climatology.
	wings.avkids.com /Book/Wright/history1_190369.html (327 words)

	Weather Services in the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cleveland Abbe inaugurates a weather reporting and warning service for Cincinnati.
		Cleveland Abbe makes first official public weather forecasts (probabilities) on February 19.
		The Weather Bureau begins regular early morning airplane observations at Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, and Omaha on July 1.
	www.crh.noaa.gov /lmk/history1.htm (878 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916), who was at that time director of the Cincinnati Observatory.
		With the assistance of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and the Western Union Telegraph Company, Professor Abbe had in 1869 organized a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps, and weather forecasts.
		Let Professor Abbe's own words, written only a few months before his death describe these beginnings.
	www.w8mrc.com /weather.html (998 words)

	National Park Service - The Presidents (Monroe-Adams-Abbe House)
		For a time, it was the Nation's Executive Mansion, while the White House was being renovated after the British put it to the torch during the War of 1812; and later, ironically, headquarters of the British Legation.
		Besides President James Monroe, other prominent occupants included statesman Charles Francis Adams and scientist-meteorologist Cleveland Abbe, "father" of the United States Weather Bureau.
		Then, in 1877, Abbe acquired it and resided in it until his death in 1916.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/site8.htm (757 words)

	AllRefer.com - Cleveland Abbe (Weather And Climate, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Cleveland Abbe (Weather And Climate, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Cleveland Abbe[ab´E] Pronunciation Key, 1838–1916, American meteorologist, b.
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	The Last Page - What Good Is a List if You Can't Read It? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since nobody could make out the writing, the unemployed journalist was able to pass the note off as a letter of recommendation and promptly land himself another job.
		Or may I call your attention to this entry on Cleveland Abbe in an old volume of the Dictionary of American Biography?
		At the conclusion of the article about the pioneer weather forecaster, the writer observes: "From August 1893, [Abbe's] chief duty was the congenial one of editing the Meteorological Journals of the United States Weather Bureau.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues99/aug99/last_aug99.html (508 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It consisted of Cleveland Abbe as Chair, with Elkin and Peck as members.
		At the next meeting, deliberating over Elkin's needs at Yale for meteor orbit research, the committee recommended establishing a network of photographic stations 100 miles apart for meteor observation, but this idea was only partially implemented (Hoffleit, chapter 13).
		The Committee on Luminous Meteors also supported Abbe's proposal to construct a device that could make a continuous photographic record of meteor paths and times (Abbe's proposal was successful).
	www.aas.org /had/committ.html (2590 words)

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		Richard's Thermograph In: The Aims and Methods of Meteorological Work by Cleveland Abbe.
		Richard's Barograph In: The Aims and Methods of Meteorological Work by Cleveland Abbe.
		Weather kite with Marvin meteorograph attached In: The Aims and Methods of Meteorological Work by Cleveland Abbe.
	www.photolib.noaa.gov /historic/nws/nwind15.htm (1022 words)

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