Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry
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Defining the Windis a wonderfully written account of one man s crusade to learn about what the wind is made of by tracing the history of the Beaufort Scale and its eccentric creator, Sir Francis Beaufort. It s as much about the language we use to describe our world as it is an exhortation to observe it more closely."
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