Golinski, Jan. <br/><br/>
British weather and the climate of enlightenment  [electronic resource] / 
Jan Golinski. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2007. 
 - xv, 284 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index. 
<br/><br/>Experiencing the weather in 1703 -- The "exquisite atmography" and its author -- The atmosphere and the earth -- Clouds in the head -- Public weather and the culture of enlightenment -- The great storm in public debate -- Providence and the British climate -- Conversation and weather lore -- Recording and forecasting -- The discipline of the diary -- The calendar and the seasons -- Forecasting by the heavens -- Barometers of enlightenment -- The genealogy of weather instruments -- The instrument trade and consumers -- Interpreting the "oraculous glasses" -- Sensibility and climatic pathology -- The hippocratic revival -- Aerial sensitivity and social change -- The politics of atmospheric reform -- Climate and civilization -- The enlightenment debate on climate -- Medicine and the colonial situation -- America: climate and destiny -- Conclusion: the science of weather. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Meteorology--History.--Great Britain<br/>Weather.<br/>Climatology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Climate.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC989.G69  / G66 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.50941/09033