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The Discovery of Weather: Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby´s Gale of 1869
Jerry Lockett
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Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBT; RBP; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Formac Publishing,Canada
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Halifax, Canada
ISBN
9781459500808
SKU
V9781459500808
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Ref
99-3
About Jerry Lockett
Jerry Lockett is an independent historian and editor. A two-time Atlantic Journalism Awards finalist, his work has appeared in New Scientist, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Geographical Magazine, Equinox, Cruising World, and Blue Water Sailing, among others. His first book, Captain James Cook in Atlantic Canada, won the Dartmouth Book Award in 2011 and was a finalist for the Margaret and John ... Read more
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This is an essential book for students of meteorology and social history alike.
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