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British weather and the climate of enlightenment / Jan Golinski.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golinski, Jan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meteorology--Great Britain--History.
- Meteorology.
- Climatology.
- History.
- Great Britain--Climate.
- Great Britain.
- Weather.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Experiencing 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-268) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226302058
- 0226302059
- OCLC:
- 71800645
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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