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Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale
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Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale
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Describes Francis Beaufort's creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810; presents fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old nineteenth-century midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale's twelve levels; and includes facts on the construction of a man-of-war and the daily lives of English sailors.
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Title
Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale
Call No
551.51 MAL
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Authors
Malone, Peter, 1953-
Subjects
Beaufort scale.
Language
English
Published
New York : Putnams, c2007.
Publication Desc
[40] p. : col. ill., col. map ;
ISBN
0399243992
LCCN
2005032672
Target Audience
3-6
5.9
Dimensions
24 x 28 cm.