Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale / Peter Malone.
2007
QC931.4 .M35 2007 (Mapit)
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Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale / Peter Malone.
Author
Malone, Peter, 1953-
ISBN
9780399243998
0399243992
0399243992
Publication Details
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007.
Language
English
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Call Number
QC931.4 .M35 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.51/80287
Summary
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.
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