The Weather of the 1780s Over Europe
Published on 18. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-0-521-11307-6 (ISBN)
Description
John Kington's book, the first of its kind, gives a definitive account of the weather in the 1780s over Europe based on historical weather maps. These charts are unique in forming the earliest series of daily synoptic weather maps constructed with quantitative instrumental data, and as such represent an important contribution to the history of climate.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
484 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-11307-6 (9780521113076)
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John Kington
The Weather of the 1780s Over Europe
Book
03/1988
Cambridge University Press
€55.71
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Previous edition
John Kington
The Weather of the 1780s Over Europe
Book
03/1988
Cambridge University Press
€55.71
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Content
1. Introduction to the project - mapping the weather of the past; 2. The development of observing during the historical-instrumental period of meteorology (1600-1850); 3. Missing links; 4. A bicentenary exercise; 5. Daily synoptic weather maps, 1781-5; 6. Weather types and circulation patterns of the 1780s; Bibliography; Index.