Reading the Skies
Subtitle: A Cultural History of English Weather, 1650-1820
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: April 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780226392158
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; History of specific subjects; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Science; Science/Mathematics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; History; Science / Meteorology; Astronomy - General; Climate; England; Meteorology
First sentence: Meteorology is about meteors: this makes it unique and precarious.