Weather Book A Manual of Practical Meteorology

Name: Weather Book A Manual of Practical Meteorology
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ISBN: 9781108048309

ISBN-10: 1108048307

ISBN-13: 9781108048309

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Authors: Robert Fitzroy

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Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) is best remembered as the commander of HMS Beagle who took on Charles Darwin as the Ship's naturalist, but his most important scientific contribution was probably the establishment of the Meteorological Office in 1854. Convinced that falling barometric pressure was an indicator of storms, he had barometers set up at ports around the coast, so that boats would be aware of impending bad weather, and later had reports telegraphed to his office in London for collation; he invented the term 'forecasting the weather'. This work, published in 1863, gives an account of observations by himself and others, experiments, and proposals for future developments. Almost…

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List price: $76.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 516
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.430




Introductory remarks



Meteorologic instruments



Meteorologic instruments



Historic sketch



Brief general glance at climates around the world



Lower, upper, and intermediate currents of air



Recapitulation and further explanations



Means employed to collect information



Effects of the greater currents of air and their offsets around the world



General view of climates in temperate zones



Temperate zone



Continuation of temperate zone



Utilisation of meteorology: its statistics and dynamics



Method of proceeding with telegrams



Supposed cases for forecasting and warnings of weather



Our atmosphere: its usual conditions



Diagrams illustrative of Polar and typical air-currents



Tidal effects of moon and sun



Extracts from various accounts quoted by Sir William Reid illustrating forces of hurricanes



Hurricanes in Pacific



A few extreme cases witnessed by the author


Appendix


Index