Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 471
which we are evenprouder—I mean the United States Govern- what is recorded at that instant. These instru-ments tell them the temperature, the pressure ofthe air, the direction of the wind, and howmany miles an hour it is moving, and the ob-servers need only use their eyes to find out 9: LEARNING TO… … wrote their reports, the map containing thosereports is printed in Boston. I am sure thereis no newspaper able to do such rapid workas this. The Government, however, has twogreat advantages: its despatches are sent be-fore even press despatches, and the machineryfor printing requires less time than…
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