Title: The Invention of Clouds
First published: 2001
Description: "The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy heights of fame. The Invention of Clouds tells the story of an amateur meteorologist Luke Howard and his work to define what had hitherto been random and unknowable structures - clouds."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Meteorologists, Meteorology, Clouds, Biography, History, New York Times reviewed, Meteorology, history
Places: England
People: Luke Howard (1772-1864)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: QC921 .H35 2001