The weather book : a manual of practical meteorology
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The weather book : a manual of practical meteorology
（Cambridge library collection, . Physical sciences）
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863
Includes index
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Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) is best remembered as the commander of HMS Beagle who took on Charles Darwin as the Ship's naturalist, but his most important scientific contribution was probably the establishment of the Meteorological Office in 1854. Convinced that falling barometric pressure was an indicator of storms, he had barometers set up at ports around the coast, so that boats would be aware of impending bad weather, and later had reports telegraphed to his office in London for collation; he invented the term 'forecasting the weather'. This work, published in 1863, gives an account of observations by himself and others, experiments, and proposals for future developments. Almost unbelievably, the Government declared that Fitzroy was exceeding his remit: he was instructed to restrict himself to collecting data, and it is believed that the depression he suffered at this setback was one of the factors which led to his suicide in 1865.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introductory remarks
- 2. Meteorologic instruments
- 3. Meteorologic instruments
- 4. Historic sketch
- 5. Brief general glance at climates around the world
- 6. Lower, upper, and intermediate currents of air
- 7. Recapitulation and further explanations
- 8. Means employed to collect information
- 9. Effects of the greater currents of air and their offsets around the world
- 10. General view of climates in temperate zones
- 11. Temperate zone
- 12. Continuation of temperate zone
- 13. Utilisation of meteorology: its statistics and dynamics
- 14. Method of proceeding with telegrams
- 15. Supposed cases for forecasting and warnings of weather
- 16. Our atmosphere: its usual conditions
- 17. Diagrams illustrative of Polar and typical air-currents
- 18. Tidal effects of moon and sun
- 19. Extracts from various accounts quoted by Sir William Reid illustrating forces of hurricanes
- 20. Hurricanes in Pacific
- 21. A few extreme cases witnessed by the author
- Appendix
- Index.
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