Piddington, H.

Japanese: Piddington,H.(英語表記)PiddingtonH
Piddington, H.

…In addition, Suzuki Makino, a merchant from Echigo, published Hokuetsu Seppu (Hokuetsu Seppu) in 1835-42, which was a collection of articles on various topics related to snow. In 1857, Ito Shinzo published Gufu Shinwa (New Tales on Hurricanes), a Japanese translation of the Dutch translation of Conversations on Storms for Mariners written by the British navigator H. Piddington, and was the first meteorological book to be translated into Japanese. Meteorological observations using measuring instruments were carried out piecemeal in parallel with astronomical observations during the Edo period, but they were not carried out regularly until after the Meiji Restoration. …

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…また,越後の商人鈴木牧之は1835‐42年に《北越雪譜》を出したが,これは雪に関連した各種の話題を収めたものである。1857年には伊藤慎蔵が《颶風新話(ぐふうしんわ)》を出したが,これはイギリスの航海者ピディントンH.Piddingtonの書いた《航海者のための暴風雨に関する会話》の蘭訳をさらに和訳したもので,邦訳された最初の気象専門書である。 測器による気象観測は,江戸時代にも天文観測と並行して断片的に行われたが,定期的に行われるようになったのは明治維新後である。…

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