Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry

Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry

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ISBN: 1400048850 / Publisher: Crown, June 2005

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Describes how nineteenth-century British admiral Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer to the British Admiraltry, created the Beaufort Scale, a scientific classification that measures the strength of the wind, utilizing just 110 words to define thirteen gradations of wind. Reprint. 40,000 first printing. Read More
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