Seven Lectures on Meteorology

Klappentext This 1837 book presents seven lectures on meteorology, each covering a key factor that affects weather. Zusammenfassung Written by the man who classified clouds and gave them their names (cumulus! cirrus! stratus and nimbus)! this book from 1837 introduces seven key factors that affect weather. This reissue also features Howard's short 1842 book which gives details of selected British weather data over eighteen years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Constitution and properties of the atmosphere; 2. Constant and variable winds. Climates and seasons; 3. Cycles of temperature; 4. The barometer, its principle, construction and variations; 5. The clouds: their varieties or modifications of form and structure; 6. Electricity of the atmosphere, and of clouds; 7. Colour of the sky, cyanometer, conclusion; Appendix. A cycle of eighteen years in the seasons of Britain deduced from meteorological observations made at Ackworth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, from 1824 to 1841.

Product details

• Authors: Luke Howard, Howard Luke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108040167
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04016-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology