THE WEATHER BOOK A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL METEOROLOGY. By Rear Admiral Fitz Roy.

FITZ ROY [FITZROY, ROBERT].

Published by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green., London, 1863

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FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 9 x 6 inches. x + [ii] + 464 pp. + [4] pp. publisher's advertisements Bound in original ruled patterned blue cloth, gilt. Rough cut edges. Brown endpapers. A little wear to extremities, including corners and head and tail of spine and occasional traces of foxing; one small tear on plate XII neatly repaired; otherwise a very good copy. Two signatures on half title page, 1863 (crossed through) and 1894 and a few pencil marginal notes. Illustrated by 16 lithograph plates, including folding, 2 double page pictorial, and 2 in colour on blue paper and by text figures and tables in text. A scarce first edition in original condition, of the pioneering book on meteorology by Captain, later Rear Admiral, Robert FitzRoy (1805-65), naval officer, scientist, hydrographer and meteorologist He commanded HMS Beagle on her famous second voyage around the world of 1831-36, on which Charles Darwin served as his companion. In 1854 FitzRoy was appointed to a new Board of Trade post to deal with the collection of weather data at sea, a forerunner of the Meteorological Office, and later developed the concept of weather forecasts based on predictive charts. In 2002 the shipping forecast sea area, Finisterre, was renamed FitzRoy in his honour. The book has fourteen appendices and a fine collection of plates. NAVAL/MILITARY WEATHER METEOROLOGY NAVAL 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED NAVAL/MILITARY.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WEATHER BOOK A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL METEOROLOGY. By Rear Admiral Fitz Roy.
• Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green., London
• Publication Date: 1863
• Condition: Very Good