Observatory Experiment - Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire

"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"--

List of contents

Introduction: Observatory experiments; 1. Meteorology all at sea; 2. Meteorology at the colonial observatories; 3. Mountain meteorology on Ben Nevis; 4. Geographies of the rain; Conclusion: Historical geographies of future weather.

About the author

Simon Naylor is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England (2010).

Summary

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.

Foreword

Innovative history of the science of meteorology using understudied archival material and treating meteorology as an observatory science.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Naylor, Simon (University of Glasgow) Naylor, Naylor Simon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781009207232
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0920723-2
• No. of pages: 285
• Series: Science in History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, HISTORY / Historical Geography, History of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods, Historical Geography, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy