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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45532501 Title: The invention of clouds : how an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies Author: Richard Hamblyn Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. ISBN/ISSN: 0374177155 9780374177157 OCLC:45532501

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The invention of clouds : how an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies

Author:	Richard Hamblyn
Publisher:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	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 extraordinary story of an amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, and his groundbreaking work to define what had hitherto been random and unknowable structures--clouds.
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Subjects	Clouds. Meteorology -- England -- History -- 19th century. Howard, Luke, -- 1772-1864. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography History
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Hamblyn, Richard, 1965- Invention of clouds. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001 (OCoLC)647139003
Named Person:	Luke Howard; Luke Howard
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Richard Hamblyn Find more information about:
ISBN:	0374177155 9780374177157
OCLC Number:	45532501
Description:	x, 403 pages : illustrations ; 15 x 21 cm
Contents:	Prologue: The Useless Pursuit of Shadows -- The Theatre of Science -- A Brief History of Clouds -- The Cloud Messenger -- Scenes from Childhood -- The Askesian Society -- Other Classifications -- Publication -- Growing Influence -- Fame -- The Beaufort Scale.
Responsibility:	Richard Hamblyn.

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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 extraordinary story of an amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, and his groundbreaking work to define what had hitherto been random and unknowable structures--clouds.

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