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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Malone, Peter, 1953-     Subjects     Beaufort scale -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Malone, Peter, 1953-       by title:      Close to the wind : ...         MARC Display

Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale / Peter Malone. by Malone, Peter, 1953- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007. Subjects Beaufort scale -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780399243998 0399243992 Description:  1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  Explains how the Beaufort scale is used to measure the force of the wind especially at sea. In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufort developed a scale to give sailors a common language for describing the wind. From 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), stunning artwork and jaunty prose show what life at sea must have been like for a young boy serving as a midshipman in the 1800s. As William sails from Naples to the Caribbean, we learn intriguing historical information and nautical terminology, and witness how the wind affected day-to-day life on a ship. Detailed illustrations show the wind at work, and readers will be engrossed and fascinated as they watch the storm develop in magnificent full-color paintings.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library J -- Juvenile Closed Stacks 551.518 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 551.518 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 551.518 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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