Download or read book Defining the Wind written by Scott Huler and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nature, rightly questioned, never lies.” —A Manual of Scientific Enquiry, Third Edition, 1859 Scott Huler was working as a copy editor for a small publisher when he stumbled across the Beaufort Wind Scale in his Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary. It was one of those moments of discovery that writers live for. Written centuries ago, its 110 words launched Huler on a remarkable journey over land and sea into a fascinating world of explorers, mariners, scientists, and writers. After falling in love with what he decided was “the best, clearest, and most vigorous piece of descriptive writing I had ever seen,” Huler went in search of Admiral Francis Beaufort himself: hydrographer to the British Admiralty, man of science, and author—Huler assumed—of the Beaufort Wind Scale. But what Huler discovered is that the scale that carries Beaufort’s name has a long and complex evolution, and to properly understand it he had to keep reaching farther back in history, into the lives and works of figures from Daniel Defoe and Charles Darwin to Captains Bligh, of the Bounty, and Cook, of the Endeavor. As hydrographer to the British Admiralty it was Beaufort’s job to track the information that ships relied on: where to lay anchor, descriptions of ports, information about fortification, religion, and trade. But what came to fascinate Huler most about Beaufort was his obsession for observing things and communicating to others what the world looked like. Huler’s research landed him in one of the most fascinating and rich periods of history, because all around the world in the mid-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in a grand, expansive period, modern science was being invented every day. These scientific advancements encompassed not only vast leaps in understanding but also how scientific innovation was expressed and even organized, including such enduring developments as the scale Anders Celsius created to simplify how Gabriel Fahrenheit measured temperature; the French-designed metric system; and the Gregorian calendar adopted by France and Great Britain. To Huler, Beaufort came to embody that passion for scientific observation and categorization; indeed Beaufort became the great scientific networker of his time. It was he, for example, who was tapped to lead the search for a naturalist in the 1830s to accompany the crew of the Beagle; he recommended a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. Defining the Wind is a wonderfully readable, often humorous, and always rich story that is ultimately about how we observe the forces of nature and the world around us.
Download or read book Hear the Wind Blow written by Doe Boyle and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers 2021 The Best Children's Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College STARRED REVIEW! "An artful blend of language, illustration, and science."—Kirkus Reviews starred review You can almost feel the wind in this explanation of the Beaufort scale, with science and rhythmic verse. The stages of the Beaufort wind scale, portrayed with precision and also with poetic free verse, style, and imagination. It will stretch readers' imaginations as we see the wind pick up from a kiss of air, to a gentle breeze that shivers the shifting grasses, to a roiling hurricane that makes tree roots shudder.
Download or read book The Rising of the Wind written by Jacques Yvart and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the fishermen's boat is wrecked during a storm, Arion and Avion try to save them.
Download or read book Baking Bad written by Kim M. Watt and published by Kim Watt. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tranquil village. A poisoned cupcake. A murdered vicar. All clues point to the Toot Hansell Women's Institute, and DI Adams figures this will be an easy case. But she figured without the ladies of the W.I., never mind Beaufort Scales, High Lord of the Cloverly dragons... A cozy mystery for lovers of tea, humour, and dragons (obviously).
Download or read book American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Tables from the American Practical Navigator written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tudor Roses written by Alice Starmore and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Tudor Roses presents new and reimagined garments based on the original Tudor Roses published in 1998. Alice Starmore looks to historical female figures of the Tudor Dynasty as inspiration for her stunning knitwear, and her modernization of traditional Fair Isle and Aran patterns has created a sensation in the knitting world. Through garment design, Starmore and her daughter Jade tell the stories of fourteen women connected with the Tudor dynasty. They weave a narrative around the known facts of their subjects' lives using photography, art, and the only medium through which the Tudor women could leave a lasting physical record in their world — needlework. Tudor Roses includes fourteen patterns for sweaters and other wearables that follow the chronological order of the Tudor dynasty. A different model portrays each of the Tudor women, from Elizabeth Woodville, grandmother of Henry VIII, through Mary, Queen of Scots. The stunning design and photography appeals to knitters seeking designs that offer an attractive balance of historic and modern elements.
Download or read book Close to the Wind written by Peter Malone and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decribes Francis Beaufort's creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810. Presents fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale's twelve levels. Includes facts on the construction of a man-of-war and the daily lives of English sailors.
Download or read book The Art of Coarse Sailing written by Michael Green and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harking back to a time when most sailboats were made of woad, this selling classicwill appeal to all those sailing buffs.
Download or read book Useful Tables from the Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Tables from the American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Pracitcal Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation written by Chris Park and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 8500 entries, this informative dictionary addresses the social, legal, political and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms.
Download or read book Heaven s Breath written by Lyall Watson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “comprehensive and fascinating study” of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects of human and natural life—from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, and biology to philosophy (The Observer) Wind is everywhere and nowhere. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. Energy and information flow through it. It brings warmth and water, enriches and strips away the soil, aerates the globe. Wind shapes the lives of animals, humans among them. Trade follows the path of the wind, as empire also does. Wind made the difference in wars between the Greeks and Persians, the Mongols and the Japanese. Wind helped to destroy the Spanish Armada. And wind is no less determining of our inner lives: the föhn, mistral, sirocco, Santa Ana, and other “ill winds” of the world are correlated with disease, suicide, and even murder. Heaven’s Breath is an encyclopedic and enchanting book that opens dazzling new perspectives on history, nature, and humanity.
Download or read book A Manual of Marine Meteorology for Apprentices and Officers of the World s Merchant Navies written by William Allingham and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing written by Henry Beard and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed in an irresistible new gift format, this pocket dictionary brings new meaning to the things said at sea. The cleverly essential volume defines and illustrates the terms of sailing, from "ahoy" to "zephyr". Drawings throughout.
