Consumers' Union
Consumers' Union product testing and rating organization founded (1936) to provide consumers with information and counsel regarding major retail goods and services. Through its monthly Consumer Reports (circulation c.4.5 million) and its Internet site (c.325,000 subscribers), the union reports on a diverse range of products, from major appliances and automobiles to health-care and family-planning aids. The organization, whose headquarters are in Yonkers, N.Y., also represents consumer interests at government hearings and at international meetings.
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/8/1994; 541 words
; ...painter, 1591; Samuel Butler, poet, 1612; Pierre-Daniel Huet, bishop and scholar, 1630; Jean-Andre Deluc, meteorologist,1727; Andre- Erneste-Modeste Gretry, composer, 1741; Johann Bernhard Logier, composer and writer, 1780...
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Weather Forecasting Methods
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...to measure air pressure differences. These instruments were improved upon in the eighteenth century by Frenchman Jean Andre Deluc (1727–1817), and have been refined numerous times since then. Weather information has long been displayed...
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