SIR CHARLES TODD WEATHER MAPS & SIR CHARLES TODD PORTRAIT
DAN TOMKINS
Ink and watercolour hand stippled illustrations + painted canvas
Historical weather maps created by Charles Todd. Sir Charles Todd’s contributions to meteorology, particularly through his weather maps, hold significant historical and scientific importance, creating some of the first synoptic weather maps in Australia.
Weather Map 1 - 15th Feb 1879
One of the earliest charts in the folios, using the new system of isobaric lines to denote atmospheric pressure. The lines are drawn in pencil on a newspaper map of south eastern Australia.
Weather Map 2 - 29th Feb 1882
One of the first continental synoptic charts using the data gathered from all colonies (except Queensland). Cloud is represented by pencil shading. Note the shading along the overland telegraph.
Weather Map 3 - 1st Nov 1883
A synoptic chart drawn at the West Terrace Observatory, Adelaide that is larger in geographical reach than any known chart from another meteorological service for that time period.
SIR CHARLES TODD
