Assorted documents and photographs regarding condensation and precipitation, 1956-1964

Containers:

Box 36 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 401

Content Summary:

Buff CSIRO folder labelled "Cloud-catching experiment: R01a" on edge and "[illegible] PPtn: Rain, fog, cloud, [illegible] etc" on front.

"An instrument measuring dew deposition" by D. Scott, 1962. Reprinted from Ecology.

"The importance of fog drip on water shed: Final report" by Paul C. Ekern, 1960. P.R.I. experiment no. 13.4.M1. Insect damage at margins - not on print.

"Light rainfall and plant survival in East Africa: I. Maize" by J. Glover and M.D. Gwynne, 1962. Reprinted from the Journal of Ecology.

"Light rainfall and plant survival in E. Africa: II. Dry grassland vegetation" by P.E. Glover, J. Glover and M.D. Gwynne, 1962. Reprinted from the Journal of Ecology.

"Coastal fogs and clouds" David H. Miller, 1957. Reprinted from the Geographical Review.

Numbered black-and-white negatives, originally housed in envelopes. One envelope labelled "Drip trays" with strip of seven negatives (568-573 on reverse); envelope labelled "Drip trays: 4 1/2 plate enlargements from Neg. No. 18 please" (561-567 on reverse) with one strip of six negatives. Several negatives show drip tray at base of tree. Prints in files 56 and 233 may have been produced from one these negatives. Other negatives show trees with mountains in background.

Black-and-white photographs. Subjects include large tree with snow on foliage (one print, numbered 2 on reverse), fence with ice/snow accumulating around wire (five prints, numbered B9/20 on reverse).

Letter from [RS?] to Alec Costin regarding comments on draft paper, 1964.

Index cards with references mainly on precipitation and condensation.

"The collection of cloud water by a vertical wire mesh" by S. Twomey, 1956. Reprint of journal article.

Letter from M.R. Jacobs (Principal, Australian Forestry School) to A.B. Costin regarding the effect of foliage in intercepting mist, 1957. Also includes attached notes (by S. Twomey) on using a "strip gauge" at Mt. Wellington.

Letter from S. Twomey (CSIRO Division of Radiophysics) to Alec Costin regarding condensation and precipitation, 1957. Includes four pages of handwritten data.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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