The Discovery of Weather : Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869.
Lockett, Jerry.
The Discovery of Weather : Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869. - 272 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Mr. Saxby's prediction -- The calm before the storm -- A storm of ideas -- Storm warnings -- Barking at the moon -- pt. 2. The storm -- Deluge -- Landfall -- Storm surge -- Aftermath -- Why Saxby still matters.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was fraught with controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, a bitter dispute about the nature of storms had raged for decades, and forecasting was hampered by turf wars then halted by the Civil War. Forecasters in England struggled with the scientific establishment for recognition and vied with astrologers and other charlatans for public acceptance. One of the voices in this struggle was Stephen Saxby, a British naval instructor who thought he had found a sure-fire way of forecasting storms. He championed a popular but somewhat eccentric theory that weather disturbances are linked to stages in the moon's orbit of the earth. In this book, the author traces the early days of weather forecasting, the background to Saxby's prediction, and the drama of the storm itself.
ASLI Choice Award
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2012545605
20129035246 can GBB306161 bnb
(AMICUS)000040772590 016257106 Uk 20129035246 C20129035246
Saxby, Stephen, 1804-1883.
Saxby, Stephen, 1804-1883.
1800-1899
Weather forecasting--History--19th century.
Meteorologists--England--Biography.
Weather forecasting--History--England--19th century.
Windstorms--Forecasting--History--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--19th century.
Windstorms--Forecasting--History--Atlantic Coast (Canada)--19th century.
Canada--Atlantic Coast.
England.
United States--Atlantic Coast.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
QC995 / .L62 2012
551.6309
The Discovery of Weather : Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869. - 272 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Mr. Saxby's prediction -- The calm before the storm -- A storm of ideas -- Storm warnings -- Barking at the moon -- pt. 2. The storm -- Deluge -- Landfall -- Storm surge -- Aftermath -- Why Saxby still matters.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was fraught with controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, a bitter dispute about the nature of storms had raged for decades, and forecasting was hampered by turf wars then halted by the Civil War. Forecasters in England struggled with the scientific establishment for recognition and vied with astrologers and other charlatans for public acceptance. One of the voices in this struggle was Stephen Saxby, a British naval instructor who thought he had found a sure-fire way of forecasting storms. He championed a popular but somewhat eccentric theory that weather disturbances are linked to stages in the moon's orbit of the earth. In this book, the author traces the early days of weather forecasting, the background to Saxby's prediction, and the drama of the storm itself.
ASLI Choice Award
9781459500808 1459500806
2012545605
20129035246 can GBB306161 bnb
(AMICUS)000040772590 016257106 Uk 20129035246 C20129035246
Saxby, Stephen, 1804-1883.
Saxby, Stephen, 1804-1883.
1800-1899
Weather forecasting--History--19th century.
Meteorologists--England--Biography.
Weather forecasting--History--England--19th century.
Windstorms--Forecasting--History--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--19th century.
Windstorms--Forecasting--History--Atlantic Coast (Canada)--19th century.
Canada--Atlantic Coast.
England.
United States--Atlantic Coast.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
QC995 / .L62 2012
551.6309