The winds that blow
By: by Brenda Thompson and Cynthia Overbeck ; illustrated by Simon Stern and Rosemary Giesen.
Contributors: Bix, Cynthia Overbeck, joint author.; Stern, Simon, 1943-; Giesen, Rosemary.
Series: A First fact book
Publisher: Lerner Publications Co.; Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Beaufort scale -- Juvenile literature.; Winds -- Juvenile literature.; Beaufort scale.; Winds.
Description: A simple description of the twelve different wind speeds noted by Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805 and a brief discussion of the use of wind for sailing.