[PDF.20vj] Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry

Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry

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 | #557763 in Books |  Crown |  2005-06-28 |  2005-06-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.06 x.75 x5.25l,.76 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| This book will always be in my library. A nautical treasure as well as a fun read.|By Harry W. Koerner, Jr.|A great, entertaining read about the wind scale, the man, and how it all came to be. The author incorporates a great deal of honest humor in his approach to what could have been a very dry subject. For anyone considering being on the water, or for anyone who lives near th|From Publishers Weekly|While working as a copy editor two decades ago, Huler chanced across the Beaufort scale in Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. He was entranced by the scale's "quintessence of... verbal economy, the ultimate expression of co

Defining the Wind is 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.

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry   |  Scott Huler. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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