Defining the Wind
Subtitle: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
Publisher: Crown
Published: August 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781400048847
Subjects: Science/Mathematics; Maritime History; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science; Sir,; History; History / General; Beaufort, Francis,; General; 1774-1857; Beaufort scale