The weather experiment, the pioneers who sought to see the future, Peter Moore
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The weather experiment, the pioneers who sought to see the future, Peter Moore
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-380) and index
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collective biography
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non fiction
Main title
The weather experiment
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bibliography
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906171888
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Peter Moore
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the pioneers who sought to see the future
Summary
A history of weather forecasting and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible. --, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
The weather experiment -- Dawn -- Seeing. Writing in the air ; Nature caught in the very act ; Rain, wind, and the wondrous cold -- Morning -- Contesting. Detectives ; Trembling air, whirling winds ; Liquid lightning -- Midday -- Experimenting. Steady eyes, delicate skies ; Beginnings ; Dangerous paths -- Afternoon -- Believing. Dazzling bright ; Endings ; Truth telling -- Dusk -- West winds -- Stars in FitzRoy's meteorological galaxy
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