Close to the wind the Beaufort scale
Explains how the Beaufort scale is used to measure the force of the wind especially at sea. In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufort developed a scale to give sailors a common language for describing the wind. From 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), stunning artwork and jaunty p...
| Main Author: | Malone, Peter, 1953- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
c2007.
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