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Log books and the law of storms: maritime meteorology and the British Admiralty in the Nineteenth Century

机译:日志和风暴法:海洋气象学和19世纪的英国海军部

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This paper contributes to debates about the relationship between science and the military by examining the British Admiralty’s participation in meteorological projects in the first half of the nineteenth century. It focuses on attempts to transform Royal Naval log books into standardized meteorological registers that would be of use to both science and the state. The paper begins with a discussion of Admiralty Hydrographer, Francis Beaufort, who promoted the use of standardized systems for the observation of the weather at sea. It then examines the application of ships’ logs to the science of storms. The paper focuses on the Army Engineer, William Reid, who studied hurricanes while stationed in Barbados and Bermuda. Reid was instrumental in persuading the Admiralty to implement a naval meteorological policy, something the Admiralty Hydrographer had struggled to achieve. The paper uses the reception and adoption of work on storms at sea to reflect on the means and ends of maritime meteorology in the mid-nineteenth century.
机译:本文通过考察19世纪上半叶英国海军部对气象项目的参与,为有关科学与军事之间关系的辩论做出了贡献。它着重于将皇家海军日志转换为标准化的气象记录的尝试,这些记录对科学和国家都有用。本文首先讨论了金钟水文学家弗朗西斯·博福特(Francis Beaufort),他提倡使用标准化系统来观测海上天气。然后,研究船舶日志在风暴科学中的应用。本文的重点是陆军工程师威廉·里德(William Reid),他在巴巴多斯和百慕大驻扎期间研究飓风。里德在说服海军部实施海军气象政策方面发挥了重要作用,这是海军部水文学家努力实现的目标。本文利用对海上风暴工作的接受和采用来反思19世纪中叶海洋气象学的手段和目的。

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    Naylor, Simon;

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