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xv, 284 p. : ill. 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. Jan Golinski. Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. e-uk--- Meteorology Great Britain History Weather Climatology Great Britain Climate QC989.G69 G66 2007eb 551.50941/09033 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10431284 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10431284 CaPaEBR 060925 ebr10431284