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- catalog abstract "Describes how nineteenth-century British admiral Francis Beaufort created the Beaufort Scale, a scientific classification that measures the strength of the wind, utilizing just 110 words to define thirteen gradations of wind.".
- catalog contributor b13277087.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Describes how nineteenth-century British admiral Francis Beaufort created the Beaufort Scale, a scientific classification that measures the strength of the wind, utilizing just 110 words to define thirteen gradations of wind.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-277) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "290 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Defining the wind.".
- catalog identifier "1400048842 (hardcover)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Defining the wind.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crown Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Defining the wind.".
- catalog subject "551.51/8 22".
- catalog subject "Beaufort scale.".
- catalog subject "Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857.".
- catalog subject "QC933 .H85 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Defining the wind : the Beaufort scales, and how a nineteenth-century admiral turned science into poetry / Scott Huler.".
- catalog type "text".