Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale
Título:
Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale
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Resumen:
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.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2007
Descripción física:
[40] p. : ill.
Nota general:
21.00
Término de la materia:
ISBN:
9780399243998
Información de publicación:
New York : Putnams, c2007.
