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The Climate of London

Deduced from Meteorological Observations

Luke Howard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:10th May '12

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Luke Howard published this work of statistics on weather conditions in London in two volumes, in 1818 and 1820.

The 'student of clouds' Luke Howard (1772–1864) published this work of statistics on weather conditions in London in two volumes, in 1818 and 1820. Volume 2 contains a preface in which Howard discusses the presentation of his material, followed by observations made at Tottenham in the period 1817–19.The 'student of clouds' Luke Howard (1772–1864) published this work of statistics on weather conditions in London in two volumes, in 1818 and 1820. Howard was by profession an industrial chemist, but his great interest in meteorology led to his studies on clouds (also reissued in this series), and his devising of the system of Latin cloud names which was adopted internationally and is still in use. Volume 2 contains a preface in which Howard discusses the reasons for the order of presentation of his material, which, he disarmingly admits with hindsight, might have been improved. The tabular material in this volume, supplied with notes and commentary citing published reports from around Europe, comes from observations made at Tottenham in the period 1817–19. This historic material will be of interest to environmental scientists as well as to those interested in the history of meteorology.

ISBN: 9781108049528

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm

Weight: 490g

384 pages