Chapel Hill (N.C.) weather records, 1854-1862; 1879-1882 [manuscript].

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Chapel Hill (N.C.) weather records, 1854-1862; 1879-1882 [manuscript].

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Records kept by various Chapel Hill, N.C., weather observers, including records, 1854-1862, by Professor James Phillips; and records, December 1879-1882, by Professors W. B. Phillips and Francis Preston Venable. Also included are weather records, July-August 1880, for Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, N.C.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Phillips, James, 1792-1867

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Phillips, W. B. (William Battle), 1857-1918

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Venable, F. P. (Francis Preston), 1856-1934

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Francis P. Venable, son of Charles Scott Venable, aid-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee, 1862-1865, and professor of mathematics, University of Virginia, 1865-1896, was born 17 November 1856 in Farmville, Virginia. In 1893 Venable identified calcium carbide, thereby laying the foundation for the success of the Union Carbide Corporation--but was never financially rewarded for this discoverry. From 1900-1914 he served as president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1930 Venable ...