British weather and the climate of enlightenment
Experiencing the weather in 1703 -- The "exquisite atmography" and its author -- The atmosphere and the earth -- Clouds in the head -- Public weather and the culture of enlightenment -- The great storm in public debate -- Providence and the British climate -- Conversation and weather lore...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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The University of Chicago Press
2007
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Experiencing the weather in 1703 -- The "exquisite atmography" and its author -- The atmosphere and the earth -- Clouds in the head -- Public weather and the culture of enlightenment -- The great storm in public debate -- Providence and the British climate -- Conversation and weather lore -- Recording and forecasting -- The discipline of the diary -- The calendar and the seasons -- Forecasting by the heavens -- Barometers of enlightenment -- The genealogy of weather instruments -- The instrument trade and consumers -- Interpreting the "oraculous glasses" -- Sensibility and climatic pathology -- The hippocratic revival -- Aerial sensitivity and social change -- The politics of atmospheric reform -- Climate and civilization -- The enlightenment debate on climate -- Medicine and the colonial situation -- America: climate and destiny -- Conclusion: the science of weather |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 284 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780226302058 978-0-226-30205-8 0226302059 0-226-30205-9 9780226302034 978-0-226-30203-4 0226302032 0-226-30203-2 |