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Weather Pioneers
Phyllis Smith
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Description for Weather Pioneers
Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
At 14,110 feet, the weather station atop Pikes Peak, Colorado, was the highest in the world in 1873. Young men trained by the Signal Corps took turns living year-round on the isolated mountain, where they endured loneliness, primitive living conditions, lack of financial support and appreciation, and deteriorating health. Most did so with dedication and good humor. Some suffered frostbitten hands, feet and ears when they became lost on the snowy mountain trail; others were jolted by lightning strikes. One man eventually died; another, evidently unsuited to the solitary life, went mad.
Although weather records had been kept by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
Number of Pages
126
Place of Publication
Ohio, United States
ISBN
9780804009706
SKU
V9780804009706
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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