Defining the Wind The Beaufort Scale How a 19th Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry - Scott Huler 2004 Crown Publishing history book
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2004 Crown Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Tan hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear featuring brown quarter trim and gold lettering along spine. The accompanying dust jacket is very good with only very light shelf wear. Standard octavo book size or 6" x 9" with 290 pages including index.
Defining The Wind by Scott Huler is subtitled The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry. After discovering the Beaufort Wind Scale, the author embarked on a journey over land and sea into a fascinating world of explorers, mariners, scientists and writers. He went in search of Admiral Francis Beaufort himself who was the assumed author of The Beaufort Wind Scale. But to truly define such, the author had to delved deep into history and historical figures such as Daniel DeFoe and Darwin among others. Hurler's research landed him in a fascinating and rich period of history. Modern science was being defined. Beaufort embodied the scientific networker of his time along with Anders Celsius and others. As an example, Beaufort was tasked with the search for a naturalist to accompany The Beagle, and he named a young naturalist named Darwin.
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