Author: F. H. Klein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Foretelling of the Weather in Connexion with Meteorological Observations. Together with a Description of the Telegraphic Warning System Introduced in the Netherlands, June, 1869 ...
Author: F. H. Klein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Foretelling of the Weather in Connexion with Meteorological Observations. By F. H. K. Together with a Description of the Telegraphic Warning System Introduced Into the Netherland, June 1860, as Proposed by ... Dr. Buys-Ballot. Translated from the Original Dutch, by A. Adriani
Author: F. H. Klein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Discovery of Weather
Author: Jerry Lockett
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company Limited
ISBN: 1459500814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was fraught with controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, a bitter dispute about the nature of storms had raged for decades, and forecasting was hampered by turf wars then halted by the Civil War. Forecasters in England struggled with the scientific establishment for recognition and vied with astrologers and other charlatans for public acceptance. One of the voices in this struggle was Stephen Saxby, a British naval instructor who thought he had found a sure-fire way of forecasting storms. He championed a popular but somewhat eccentric theory that weather disturbances are linked to stages in the moon's orbit of the earth. Saxby got lucky. One of his well-known long-range predictions--for a serious storm on October 4, 1869--was right on the button. On that very day, a deadly hurricane caused massive floods along the eastern seaboard of the United States then barrelled ashore at the Canadian border. The timing of the storm could hardly have been worse. Coinciding with an extremely high tide, the resulting storm surge breached centuries-old dykes at the head of the Bay of Fundy. In The Discovery of Weather, author Jerry Lockett traces the early days of weather forecasting, the background to Saxby's prediction, and the drama of the storm itself.
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company Limited
ISBN: 1459500814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was fraught with controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, a bitter dispute about the nature of storms had raged for decades, and forecasting was hampered by turf wars then halted by the Civil War. Forecasters in England struggled with the scientific establishment for recognition and vied with astrologers and other charlatans for public acceptance. One of the voices in this struggle was Stephen Saxby, a British naval instructor who thought he had found a sure-fire way of forecasting storms. He championed a popular but somewhat eccentric theory that weather disturbances are linked to stages in the moon's orbit of the earth. Saxby got lucky. One of his well-known long-range predictions--for a serious storm on October 4, 1869--was right on the button. On that very day, a deadly hurricane caused massive floods along the eastern seaboard of the United States then barrelled ashore at the Canadian border. The timing of the storm could hardly have been worse. Coinciding with an extremely high tide, the resulting storm surge breached centuries-old dykes at the head of the Bay of Fundy. In The Discovery of Weather, author Jerry Lockett traces the early days of weather forecasting, the background to Saxby's prediction, and the drama of the storm itself.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Author: Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Vols. 10-11 include Meteorology of England by James Glaisher as seperately paged section at end.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Vols. 10-11 include Meteorology of England by James Glaisher as seperately paged section at end.
Quarterly Journal of the Meteorological Society
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368189794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368189794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind
Author: Bill Streever
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316410586
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold. Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind -- the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them -- by traveling right through it. Narrating from a fifty-year-old sailboat, Streever leads readers through the world's first forecasts, Chaos Theory, and a future affected by climate change. Along the way, he shares stories of wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes, wind-generated power, wind-tossed airplanes, and the uncomfortable interactions between wind and wars, drawing from natural science, history, business, travel, as well as from his own travels. And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind is an effortless personal narrative featuring the keen observations, scientific rigor, and whimsy that readers love. You'll never see a breeze in the same light again.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316410586
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold. Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind -- the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them -- by traveling right through it. Narrating from a fifty-year-old sailboat, Streever leads readers through the world's first forecasts, Chaos Theory, and a future affected by climate change. Along the way, he shares stories of wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes, wind-generated power, wind-tossed airplanes, and the uncomfortable interactions between wind and wars, drawing from natural science, history, business, travel, as well as from his own travels. And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind is an effortless personal narrative featuring the keen observations, scientific rigor, and whimsy that readers love. You'll never see a breeze in the same light again.
Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets and Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Author: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office: Authors
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description