TY  - BOOK
AU  - Golinski,Jan
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - British weather and the climate of enlightenment
AV  - QC989.G69 G66 2007eb
U1  - 551.50941/09033 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Meteorology
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Weather
KW  - Climatology
KW  - Climate
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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