Assertion: beaufort scale | /r/HasProperty | system
Facets:
value: for estimating wind strengths
type: PURPOSE
value: for measuring wind speed
type: PURPOSE
value: on the physical environment
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Beaufort Scale was a system devised in the 1800’s by Sir Francis Beaufort.
text: Beaufort Scale is a system for estimating wind strengths
text: The Beaufort Scale, devised in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1875), is a system for estimating wind strengths without the use of instruments, based on the effects wind has on the physical environment.
text: The Beaufort Scale is a system designed to relate wind speed to the effects it has on sea and land conditions.
text: The Beaufort scale is a system for measuring wind speed based on visual observations, and is still widely used despite the advent of modern wind gauges and other instruments.