Name: The Weather Book Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences) (en Inglés)
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Author: Robert Fitzroy

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The Weather Book Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Autor

Robert Fitzroy

Año

2012

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

516

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

1108048307

ISBN13

9781108048309

N° edición

Categorías

Historia

The Weather Book Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences) (en Inglés)

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Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) is best remembered as the commander of HMS Beagle who took on Charles Darwin as the Ship's naturalist, but his most important scientific contribution was probably the establishment of the Meteorological Office in 1854. Convinced that falling barometric pressure was an indicator of storms, he had barometers set up at ports around the coast, so that boats would be aware of impending bad weather, and later had reports telegraphed to his office in London for collation; he invented the term 'forecasting the weather'. This work, published in 1863, gives an account of observations by himself and others, experiments, and proposals for future developments. Almost unbelievably, the Government declared that Fitzroy was exceeding his remit: he was instructed to restrict himself to collecting data, and it is believed that the depression he suffered at this setback was one of the factors which led to his suicide in 1865.