Meteorology in America, 1800-1870

by James Rodger Fleming and Professor James Rodger Fleming

Book Overview

Between 1800 and 1870 meteorology emerged as both a legitimate science and a government service in America. Challenging the widely held assumption that meteorologists were mere "data-gatherers" and that U.S. scientists were inferior to their European counterparts, James Rodger Fleming shows how the 1840s debate over the nature and causes of storms led to a "meteorological crusade" that would transform both theory and practice. Centrally located...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801863597
• ISBN13: 9780801863592
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"