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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2012
      December 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139096966
      9781108037686
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139096966
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      Dimensions:
      (297 x 210 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.19kg, 70 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, History of Science, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General Science
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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    Subjects:
    Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, History of Science, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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    An industrial chemist by profession, Luke Howard (1772–1864) proposed the method of cloud classification that is still in use today. His life-long interest in meteorology led him to produce this landmark work in the history of the subject. General scientific opinion at the time was that clouds were too changeable to be classified, but, inspired by Linnaeus' work in biological classification, Howard proposed a method which used Latin terminology - cirrus, cumulus, stratus and nimbus - to provide a standard description for each of three groups of cloud types. His work was first published in the Philosophical Magazine in 1803; it was produced in book form in 1832 but went quickly out of print. This reissue is of the third printing (1865) of the edition brought out after his death in 1864 by two of his sons. Howard's other meteorological works are also reissued in this series.

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