The Brussels maritime conference standardises ocean observation

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2. A conference convened at Brussels on the invitation of the United States, organised by Maury, agreed a uniform system for recording meteorological and oceanographic observations at sea. It was adopted by the naval and merchant fleets of most European maritime nations and is generally counted among the first international scientific congresses devoted to a single subject. Every long marine record used to detect circulation change today rests on the habit of standardised observation this meeting established.
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4. Matthew Fontaine Maury
5. The Brussels maritime conference standardises ocean observation
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7. Matthew Fontaine Maury
8. Matthew Fontaine Maury
9. The Brussels maritime conference standardises ocean observation
10. Maury issues the Wind and Current Chart of the North Atlantic
11. The Brussels maritime conference standardises ocean observation
12. The Physical Geography of the Sea is published
13. The Gulf Stream is found not to explain Europe's mild winters
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15. The first comprehensive treatment of ocean winds and currents as a system, compiled from standardised ships' logbooks; commonly described as the first textbook of modern oceanography. The digitised volume was identified but not read; biographical facts about Maury come from Naval History and Heritage Command and encyclopaedia entries read via search summary.