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British weather and the climate of enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Golinski
| British weather and the climate of enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Golinski |
| Autore | Golinski Jan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.50941/09033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Meteorology - Great Britain - History
Weather Climatology |
| Soggetto non controllato | weather, climate, science, astronomy, atmosphere, enlightenment, innovation, order, nature, discovery, climatology, great britain, meteorology, medicine, civilization, colonialism, control, power, agriculture, sailing, barometer, scientific instruments, aerial sensitivity, recording, forecasting, calendar, seasons, nonfiction, storm, clouds, authority |
| ISBN |
1-282-90189-3
9786612901898 0-226-30206-7 |
| Classificazione | NN 5000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785445003321 |
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British weather and the climate of enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Golinski
| British weather and the climate of enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Golinski |
| Autore | Golinski Jan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.50941/09033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Meteorology - Great Britain - History
Weather Climatology |
| Soggetto non controllato | weather, climate, science, astronomy, atmosphere, enlightenment, innovation, order, nature, discovery, climatology, great britain, meteorology, medicine, civilization, colonialism, control, power, agriculture, sailing, barometer, scientific instruments, aerial sensitivity, recording, forecasting, calendar, seasons, nonfiction, storm, clouds, authority |
| ISBN |
1-282-90189-3
9786612901898 0-226-30206-7 |
| Classificazione | NN 5000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814312903321 |
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Golinski Jan
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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