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The Manila Observatory is a non-profit research institute housed on the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines. It was founded by the Society of Jesus , commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1865 as the Observatorio Meteorológico del Ateneo Municipal de Manila .
Formal meteorological and astronomical services in the Philippines began in 1865 with the establishment of the Observatorio Meteorológico de Manila (Manila Meteorological Observatory) in Padre Faura Street, Manila when Francisco Colina, a young Jesuit scholastic and professor at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila started a systematic observation and recording of the weather two or three times a day.
History of Manila; History; Ancient Tondo (1st millennium–1589) Namayan ... 1865 - The Manila Observatory was founded. 1866 - The Canal de la Reina was dug in Binondo.
José María Algué, SJ (29 December 1856 – 27 May 1930), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist in the observatory of Manila.He invented the barocyclonometer, the nephoscope and a kind of microseismograph.
This government organization was formed after a historical merging of official functions of government institutions. One of its first predecessors is the Philippine Weather Bureau created in 1901 [4] when meteorological, seismological and terrestrial magnetic services of the Manila Observatory were transferred from the Roman Catholic Church to the American Colonial Government.
The Manila Observatory was established during the Spanish colonial period in 1865 and was the only formal meteorological and astronomical research and services institution in the Philippines and remained so until the creation of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in 1972.
Historian and author. Wrote books such as History of the Filipino People and The Revolt of the Masses. 952 Quezon Blvd. Extension Filipino November 5, 1985 University of the Philippines: Premier Philippine state university founded on June 18, 1908. Oblation Statue, Quezon Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman: English June 18, 1985
Pages in category "History of Manila" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Siege of the Manila Hotel; Manila Mint; Manila Observatory;