Invention of the Meteorological Instruments

Middleton, Professor W. E. Knowles

ISBN 10: 0801810035 / ISBN 13: 9780801810039

Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969

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Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Toning to jacket. Edge stamped. xiv, 362 p. : ill., 25 cm. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Invention of the Meteorological Instruments
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801810035
• ISBN 13: 9780801810039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 23 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Math, Space and Engineering

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About the Author

W. E. Knowles Middleton, 1902--1988, wrote 15 books and 75 to 100 scientific papers related to the science of weather instruments and meteorological optics as well as their history. His major contribution was the book Meteorological Instruments, first published in 1953. From 1929--1946, he worked for the Meteorological Service of Canada, specializing on measurement and instrumentation. After retiring, he was a professor emeritus and honourary lecturer associated with the Department of History of Medicine and Science at the University of British Columbia.