[PDF.92zt] The Discovery of Weather: Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869

The Discovery of Weather: Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869

[PDF.bv71] The Discovery of Weather: Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869

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 | #3796213 in Books |  2013-01-19 |  2013-01-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Enlightening!|By B Smith|First of all, I should preface my review with the fact that I really have no scientific background. However, from my perspective, this book is a great read. It's fascinating to learn that only a short while ago weather forecasting was practically impossible.
And for anyone out there with a background in financial markets, this book will surely give| |"...excellent...The first half of the book traces the evolution of weather forecasting ....The second half ...describes the Saxby Gale of 1869...read about it yourself; it's scary and may well happen again." (Elizabeth Cran Charlottetown Guardian 2012-1

In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was fraught with controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, a bitter dispute about the nature of storms had raged for decades, and forecasting was hampered by turf wars then halted by the Civil War. Forecasters in England struggled with the scientific establishment for recognition and vied with astrologers and other charlatans for public acceptance.

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