Predicting the weather
Anderson, Katharine, 1965-
Predicting the weather Victorians and the science of meteorology / [electronic resource] : Katharine Anderson. - University of Chicago Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (x, 331 p. o) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.
A science of the weather -- Prediction, prophecy, and scientific culture -- Weather prophets and the Victorian almanac -- Weather in a public office -- Precision and a science of probabilities -- Maps, instruments, and weather wisdom -- Science, state, and empire.
Victorian Britain, with its maritime economy and strong links between government and scientific enterprises, founded an office to collect meteorological statistics in 1854 in an effort to foster a modern science of the weather. But as the office turned to prediction rather than data collection, the fragile science became a public spectacle, with its forecasts open to daily scrutiny in the newspapers. And meteorology came to assume a pivotal role in debates about the responsibility of scientists and the authority of science. Studying meteorology as a means to examine the historical identity of p.
9780226019703 (electronic bk.) 0226019705 (electronic bk.)
2004020178
Geschichte 1850-1900
Meteorology--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Weather forecasting--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Physics.
Science.
Geology.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Meteorology & Climatology.
Meteorologie.
Wettervorhersage.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Großbritannien.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QC857.G77 / A53 2005eb
551.5/0941
Predicting the weather Victorians and the science of meteorology / [electronic resource] : Katharine Anderson. - University of Chicago Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (x, 331 p. o) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.
A science of the weather -- Prediction, prophecy, and scientific culture -- Weather prophets and the Victorian almanac -- Weather in a public office -- Precision and a science of probabilities -- Maps, instruments, and weather wisdom -- Science, state, and empire.
Victorian Britain, with its maritime economy and strong links between government and scientific enterprises, founded an office to collect meteorological statistics in 1854 in an effort to foster a modern science of the weather. But as the office turned to prediction rather than data collection, the fragile science became a public spectacle, with its forecasts open to daily scrutiny in the newspapers. And meteorology came to assume a pivotal role in debates about the responsibility of scientists and the authority of science. Studying meteorology as a means to examine the historical identity of p.
9780226019703 (electronic bk.) 0226019705 (electronic bk.)
2004020178
Geschichte 1850-1900
Meteorology--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Weather forecasting--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Physics.
Science.
Geology.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Meteorology & Climatology.
Meteorologie.
Wettervorhersage.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Großbritannien.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QC857.G77 / A53 2005eb
551.5/0941