SuitabookMeasuring nature through shared language
The Beaufort scale gives sailors a common language for describing wind, from calm to hurricane.
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Malone, Peter - Author
A lively introduction to wind at sea, combining the Beaufort scale with a historical voyage. William’s experience gives the science a human setting while illustrations make changing wind and a storm visible.
Explains 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.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively introduction to wind at sea, combining the Beaufort scale with a historical voyage. William’s experience gives the science a human setting while illustrations make changing wind and a storm visible.
The Beaufort scale gives sailors a common language for describing wind, from calm to hurricane.
William’s voyage shows how wind affected day-to-day life aboard a ship in the 1800s.
The storm’s development is a clear point to notice: the artwork presents wind as an active force, while the Beaufort scale ranges from calm to hurricane. The historical setting may also prompt attention to unfamiliar shipboard language.
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