Bizarre Barometers and Other Unusual Weather Forecasters - Softcover
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In this book Philip Collins rediscovers a miscellany of strange weather instruments from early weather glasses to the novelty barometers of the Victorian era and modern times. Among the weird and wonderful weather predictors uncovered are some of nature's barometers - sharks, frogs and leeches - as well as an array of intriguing man-made inventions from the storm glasses investigated by Admiral Robert Fitzroy to the humble weather house. Philip Collins takes a not-too-serious look at the art of weather forecasting with these fascinating devices in a way that both amuses and informs. No weather forecaster should be without this book.
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- PublisherBaros Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0948382139
- ISBN 13 9780948382130
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages111
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Bizarre Barometers and Other Unusual Weather Forecasters
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Baros Books, Trowbridge, 2004
ISBN 10: 0948382139
ISBN 13: 9780948382130
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Seller: Jeffrey Formby Antiques, Moreton in Marsh, United Kingdom
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Card Covers. Condition: New. First Edition. New copy, card covers as issued. 103 pages, illustrated, 2004. A fascinating collection of strange weather instruments including the weather glass, the shark oil barometer, the weather house, the Tempest Prognosticator, the use of frogs, and many, many more!! Seller Inventory # N429
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