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"--

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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).

Riassunto

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.

Prefazione

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Naylor, Simon (University of Glasgow) Naylor, Naylor Simon
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781009207232
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0920723-2
• Pagine: 285
• Serie: Science in History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; 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