uniform system of measures, weights and coins in Bradford. Beginning in 1857, Russia and France began to exchange meteorological data. Kupfer went to the negotiations abroad, and in winter 1865, he arranged to create a telegraphic communication between all European countries. Being essentially the creator of combined weather service, Kupfer did not have time to enjoy the fruits of his labors. During cold weather in March, while he was installing on the roof of the observatory an anemograph (self-recording anemometer) that he brought from Paris, he caught cold and died of pneumonia two months later on 4 June 1865. He was buried in Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Kupffer also pioneered in the setting up magnetometric observatory which took hourly observations of the magnetic field of the Earth. Awards Deystvitelny State Advisor (1851). Chevalier Order of St. Anna 1st Class (1864); St. Stanislaus 1st Class (1860); St. Vladimir 3rd degree (1856) Works He wrote more than 150 scientific papers in the field of crystallography, mineralogy, metallurgy, metrology, terrestrial magnetism, and meteorology. Also, Kupfer lectured in physics at the Pedagogical Institute of Mining. In addition to articles in Poggendorff's Annalen, Bulletins de l'Académie Dissertatio de calculo crystallonomico (Göttingen, 1821) Preisschrift über genaue Messung der Winkel an Krystallen(Berlin, 1826) Voyage dans les environs du mont Elbrouz dans le Caucase (St. Petersburg ., 1830) Reise in die Umgegend des Berges Elborus in Kaukasus (St. Petersburg, 1830) Handbuch der rechnenden Krystallonomie (St. Petersburg, 1831) Voyage dans l'Oural entrepris en 1828 (St. Petersburg, 1833; with atlas)Guide to making magnetic and meteorological observations (St. Petersburg, 1835; it. Trans. B. Deringer, in «Corresp. Blatt des naturforschenden Vereins zu Riga», 1859)Instructions pour faire des observations metéorologiques et magnétiques (St. Petersburg, 1836) Tables psychrometriques et barométriques à l'usage des observatoires météorologiques de rempire de Russie (St. Petersburg, 1841) The findings of meteorological observations in the Russian state (St. Petersburg, 1846)Experimental studies of the elasticity of metals (St. Petersburg, 1860). In addition, Kupfer published: Annales de l'observatoire physique central de Russie 1847-1856 (St. Petersburg, 1856-1858, 10 vol.), and Compte rendu annuel'' for the years 1850–1863. References External links ADB:Kupffer, Adolph 1799 births 1865 deaths Physicists from the Russian Empire 19th-century German physicists Foreign Members of the Royal Society People from Jelgava Burials at Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery Deaths from pneumonia in Russia