February 11, 2010 To Whom It May Concern: Inasmuch as the E-mail below contains my name and alludes to what I said and thought, I would like to offer comments if I may. My interest in the electrical supply of the Iono building centered around the repair of a Rupprecht and Patashnick Dichotomous Air Sampler [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Philippine Jesuits’
1 Jan
Upper Atmosphere Division (UAD): Mission and Vision
The Upper Atmosphere Division (UAD) of the Manila Observatory seeks to become an internationally respected Center for Space Weather Research in the Philippines. As a research division of the Manila Observatory, the UAD seeks to understand three things about the ionosphere: (1) its composition and variability, (2) its effect on the propagation of radio waves [...]
21 Dec
Mrs. Antonia Loyzaga of Manila Observatory on Michael Padua of typhoon2000.com
Hi Gen, Thanks for this. MO and UP NIGS are partners in the Typhoon Preparedness Center. Unfortunately, this is not mentioned in the article. In any case, though, Michael is indeed a dedicated young man. What MO, NIGS and ChristianAid had wanted to do is help institutionalize the risk aspect of his work by linking [...]
27 Aug
Pre-Renovation Survey of the Manila Observatory Chapel and Sacristy
A Survey of the Chapel At the third floor of the Manila Observatory is a chapel, located near the stairs. From the outside, all you see is a series of vertical planks designed in such a way that you won’t see what is inside directly. The air flows past these the spaces between the planks [...]
21 Aug
Letter of World Data Center A to Fr. J. J. Hennessey, S.J. in 1973: Changes in reduction techniques especially for sporadic E and the interpretation of ionograms
World Data Center A for Solar Terrestrial Physics National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado 80302 U.S.A. March 15, 1973 Rev. J. J. Hennessey, S.J. Manila Observatory c/o American Embassy APO San Francisco, California 96528 Dear Rev. Hennessey: Since this is my first contact with your station, I feel this is an opportune time to [...]
20 Aug
Clipper Mar 2004: Visitation of Fr. Provincial Intengan, Fr. McNamara’s talk on Science and Religion, and Dr. Estoque’s talk on Jesuit meteorology
Fr. Provincial “Intengan” made the visitation of MO community on February 24. Absent were Fr. Jett who was in New Zealand for a 2-week workshop on Air Analysis and Fr. Badillo who was confined at Cardinal Santos Medical Center to have the location of internal bleeding determined. Fr. McNamara Spoke on Science and Religion to [...]
20 Aug
Publications of Manila Observatory’s Jesuit and Lay Scientists: 1863-1997
The following list is taken from Fr. Victor Badillo, S.J.’s file. This still needs to be updated, particularly for the years after 1975. Alcobe Alcobe, E., 1930. Rdo. P. Federico Faura, creador del Observatorio de Manila. Memorias Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona, 22, No. 5, 85-92. Algue Algue, J, 1900. The Manila [...]
27 Jul
Life and Works of the Jesuit Canonist and Cartographer, Fr. Pedro Murillo, S.J. at the Yuchengco Museum, Makati City
The Spanish Embassy in cooperation with PHIMCOS (Philippine Map Collectors Society) has put up a map exhibit at the Yuchengco Museum, corner Ayala Avenue and Gil Puyat (Buendia). Aside from the exhibit of 60 maps and prints, the famous Pedro Murillo Velarde map of 1744 is on display. This map (made of rice paper) is [...]
30 Jun
New York Times in 1900: Fr. Jose Algue, S.J. and Fr. Jose Clos, S.J. brings scientific manuscripts and Philippine maps to the U.S.
Here is a New York Times article in 25 January 1900 on the arrival of Fr. Jose Algue, S.J. and Fr. Jose Clos in U.S. (pdf copy). Fr. Algue and Fr. Clos are described there as typhoon and earthquake experts, respectively. There are no emails and pdf attachments then, so volumes of scientific manuscripts and [...]
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