José María Algué
José María Algué, SJ, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist in the observatory of Manila. He invented the barocyclonometer, the nephoscope and a kind of microseismograph. The barocyclonometer was officially adopted by the US Navy and warships of the North Atlantic Squadron were equipped with them around 1914. Father Algué was an honorary member of the Royal Society of London and the Pontificia Accademia Romana.Works
- . Baguíos y Ciclones Filipinos
- . El Barociclonómetro
- . Las Nubes en el Archipiélago Filipino
- . El Baguio de Samar y Leyte, Octubre 12-13, 1897
- . El Archipiélago Filipino
- . Atlas de Filipinas
Works in English translation
- . , Government Printing Office.
- . , 1896-1902, Bureau of Public Printing.
- . , Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census.
- . , Bureau of Public Printing.
- . "The Meteorological Conditions in the Philippine Islands, 1908," Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. XXXV, No. 151.
- . , Bureau of Printing.
