1. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory Valentia Meteorological and Geophysical Observatory

3. Meteorology Accepted by Scientific Community Barometer Thermometer The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

4. Meteorology Accepted by Scientific Community Governments Scientific Institutions The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

5. Royal Irish Academy Irish Coast Guard Cahirciveen Harbour 1852 The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

6. Lieutenant Maury of USA Brussels Aug Sept 1853 International Meteorological Committee The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

7. Trans-Atlantic cable 1858. Sir Peter Fitzgerald The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

9. Weather Reporting Stations 1860 Valentia Harbour October 8 th Atlantic Telegraph Company The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

11. Storm Warnings February 1862 Forecasts August 1862 Fishery Barometer The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

12. Robert Fitzroy Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade By 1865 1000 Ships Supplies with Meteorological Instruments Map 10 o Squares

13. Fitzroy Died April 1865 Parlimentary Committee Meteorological Office 1867 Observatories with Self Recording Instruments Robert H. Scott as Director The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

14. Kew Observatory Falmouth Polytechnic Institute Stonyhurst College Armagh Observatory Glasgow University Aberdeen University Plus SW and NW Ireland The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

15. Revenue House 1868. Rev Thomas Kerr

16. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory Aidie Photographic Thermograph Photographic Barograph Robinson Beckley Anemometer

17. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory John Edward Cullum George Francis Fitzgerald Magnetic Observations 1888-1896

18. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory 1890 Westwood House 1892 Observatory Moved 6 to 23 March

19. Upper Air Wind Measurements using a Nephoscope 1904 Pilot balloons & theodolite 1917 Rain Sampling 1912 to 1917 The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

20. W.W.I. Reports treated as confidential. Early Morning Forecasts for Naval Airship Stations. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

21. L.H.G. Dines Instrument development and testing. Library

22. War Of Independence Civil War August 1922 The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

23. Aviation General Balbo Flight of the Italian Sea Planes 2 nd August 1933

24. Irish Meteorological Service 8 th December 1936 Valentia Run on Agency Basis Until 1 st April 1937 Valentia as a Training Center The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

25. Trans-Atlantic Flights Foynes 28 th June 1939 Rineanna October 1945 The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

26. Full Programme of Synoptic Weather Reports Expansion of the Observatory Programme National Geomagnetic Survey The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

27. 1943: Upper air program begins 1954: Variometers installed 1955: Solar Radiation program begins 1956: Rain Pollution Monitoring The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

28. 1961: Hydrogen Plant 1962: Seismological program begins 1964: Phenological Garden 1981: Air pollution monitoring begins 1989: NO2 Monitoring begins The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

29. 1993: Total Column Ozone and UVB program begins 1994: Ozonesonde program begins 1997: Ground level ozone monitoring 1998: Semi Automatic Balloon Launcher The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

30. 1999: Upgraded Solar Radiation Network 2000: Upgraded NO2 Sampling and Analysis System 2001: LAN, New Laboratories and Renovations Begin 2001: Upgraded UVB Calibration Facilities The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

31. 2002: Variometer Upgrade 2004: Solar Radiation Calibration System Upgraded. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory

32. What in the future. The History and Work of Valentia Observatory