02232nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10431284 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060925s2007 ilua sb 001 0 eng 2006031722 9780226302058 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226302059 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)690177211 e-uk--- QC989.G69 G66 2007eb 551.50941/09033 22 Golinski, Jan. British weather and the climate of enlightenment [electronic resource] / Jan Golinski. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. xv, 284 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Meteorology Great Britain History. Weather. Climatology. Great Britain Climate. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10431284 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 146596 146596