@article{323746,
      author = {Malone, Peter,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/323746},
      title = {Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale /},
      publisher = {G.P. Putnam's Sons,},
      abstract = {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 prose show what life at sea must have been like  for a young boy serving as a midshipman in the 1800s. As  William sails from Naples to the Caribbean, we learn  intriguing historical information and nautical terminology,  and witness how the wind affected day-to-day life on a  ship. Detailed illustrations show the wind at work, and  readers will be engrossed and fascinated as they watch the  storm develop in magnificent full-color paintings.},
      recid = {323746},
      pages = {1 v. (unpaged) :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2007},
}