Abstract
THE closing of Stonyhurst Observatory on December 31, 1947, brings to an end more than a century of scientific work. Founded in 1838, the Observatory has been staffed and maintained by the Society of Jesus. Its first work was purely meteorological, and this has been continued throughout its existence. The Royal Society Commission, which in 1867 replaced the Board of Trade in the organisation of meteorological observations in Britain, selected Stonyhurst as one of the seven principal stations, each of which it supplied with standardized equipment and continuously recording instruments. For many years these stations formed the mainstay of British meteorology.
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