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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Moore, Peter, 1983-     Subjects     Meteorologists -- Biography.     Climatologists -- Biography.     Meteorology -- History -- 19th century.     Weather forecasting -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moore, Peter, 1983-       by title:      The weather experime...         MARC Display

The weather experiment : the pioneers who sought to see the future / Peter Moore. by Moore, Peter, 1983- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Subjects Meteorologists -- Biography.   Climatologists -- Biography.   Meteorology -- History -- 19th century.   Weather forecasting -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780865478091 (hardcover) : 0865478090 (hardcover) Description:  xvi, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm Edition:  First American edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  Presents the contributions to the modern science of meteorology made by Luke Howard, the first to classify clouds; Sir Francis Beaufort, who quantified the winds; James Glaisher, who explored the upper atmosphere in a hot-air balloon; Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings; and Admiral Robert Fitzroy, master sailor, scientific pioneer, and founder of the UK's national weather service.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 551.50922 Mo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.50922 Mo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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