Record
ETO Record Number |
67 |
Author |
Huler, Scott |
Title |
Defining the wind : the Beaufort scale, and how a nineteenth-century admiral turned science into poetry |
Call Number |
QC933 .H85 2004 551.51/8 |
Edition |
1st |
ISBN |
1400048842 (hardcover) |
Format |
Book |
Keywords |
Beaufort scale.; Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. |
Pages |
290 p. |
Location Published |
New York |
Publisher |
Crown Publishers |
Date of Publication |
2004 |
Related URLs (sometimes the Library of Congress record) |
1 bad url. Please report via contact link. |
Notes |
ill. ; 22 cm. Includes index. Introduction September 6, 1996: Hurricane Fran and before -- Beaufort of the Admiralty -- In search of the wind -- The Beaufort scale, and who wrote it, in a general way -- Reverse-engineering the wind -- "Nature rightly questioned, never lies": the Beaufort scale, nineteenth-century science, and the last eighteenth-century man -- Getting the word out: on the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, the dictionary, and how Sir Francis Beaufort slept with his sister -- Taking the measure of the wind: the fabulous beaufortometer -- A picture of the wind: poetry, the shipping forecast, and the search for the North Shields observer -- Observation, a panegyric: on the Beaufort moment. -- Appendix A. Beaufort scale family album -- Appendix B. Explanation of the plate describing the rigging, etc., of a first-rate man of war. In EnergyTeachers' library. |
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