The observatory experiment meteorology in Britain and its empire
Introduction: Observatory experiments -- Meteorology all at sea -- Meteorology at the colonial observatories -- Mountain meteorology on Ben Nevis -- Geographies of the rain -- Conclusion: Historical geographies of future weather
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | Science in history
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Observatory experiments -- Meteorology all at sea -- Meteorology at the colonial observatories -- Mountain meteorology on Ben Nevis -- Geographies of the rain -- Conclusion: Historical geographies of future weather "In this innovative history of the science of meteorology, Simon Naylor focuses on the spaces in which it was pursued: meteorological observatories. Using previously understudied archival material, he reconstructs these sites and the research carried out in them, in doing so treating meteorology as an experimental observatory science"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 247-367. - Index 2407 |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 275 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781009207232 9781009207218 |