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British weather and the climate of enlightenment / Jan Golinski.
| Author/creator | Golinski, Jan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, |
| Description | xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006031722 |
| ISBN | 9780226302058 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226302059 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |