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008 051115s2007 nyua j 000 0 eng
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037 $bMidwest
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040 $aOPET$beng
050 00 $aQC931.4$b.M35 2007
082 00 $a551.51/80287$222
100 1 $aMalone, Peter,$d1953-
245 10 $aClose to the wind :$bthe Beaufort scale /$cPeter Malone.
260 $aNew York :$bG.P. Putnam's Sons,$cc2007.
300 $a1 v. (unpaged) :$bcol. ill. ;$c24 x 28 cm.
520 $aExplains how the Beaufort scale is used to measure the force of the wind especially at sea. In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufort developed a scale to give sailors a common language for describing the wind. From 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), stunning artwork and jaunty prose show what life at sea must have been like for a young boy serving as a midshipman in the 1800s. As William sails from Naples to the Caribbean, we learn intriguing historical information and nautical terminology, and witness how the wind affected day-to-day life on a ship. Detailed illustrations show the wind at work, and readers will be engrossed and fascinated as they watch the storm develop in magnificent full-color paintings.
650 0 $aBeaufort scale$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aBeaufort scale.
999 $aQC 931.4 .M35 2007 CURRIC$wLC$c1$i0116406023899$lBRICWEED$mBATA$rY$sY$tCURRIC$u3/2/2009$22018-CRIC
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