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001 2006031722
003 DLC
005 20090713090717.0
008 060925s2007 ilua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006031722
020 $a9780226302058 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226302059 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm71800645
035 $a(OCoLC)71800645
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dYDXCP$dDLC
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aQC989.G69$bG66 2007
082 00 $a551.50941/09033$222
100 1 $aGolinski, Jan.
245 10 $aBritish weather and the climate of enlightenment /$cJan Golinski.
260 $aChicago :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2007.
300 $axv, 284 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index.
505 0 $aExperiencing 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.
650 0 $aMeteorology$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xClimate.
650 0 $aWeather.
650 0 $aClimatology.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006031722-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006031722-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006031722-d.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f8a2-aa