This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...the condensed results often years' observations at that station. A severely accurate and conscientious observer himself, he instinctively detected the want of these qualities in others, and was always displeased when he found that a scientific statement had been coloured to serve a purpose, or a phenomenon recorded ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...the condensed results often years' observations at that station. A severely accurate and conscientious observer himself, he instinctively detected the want of these qualities in others, and was always displeased when he found that a scientific statement had been coloured to serve a purpose, or a phenomenon recorded with a show of precision beyond what the circumstances permitted. At the root of this feeling was doubtless the intense love of truth which distinguished him through life, and was indeed the dominant principle in his character. To the same cause may be traced the antipathy which he entertained to the whole race of weatherprophets, a class of persons whom he disliked the more, as they tended to bring meteorology itself into disrepute amongst the half-informed. In the observation of occasional phenomena, such as thunderstorms, snow-storms, and gales, he had taken from boyhood an enthusiastic interest, and several years ago, before the organization of the present telegraphic system, he prepared and submitted to the late Admiral FitzRoy a carefully considered scheme for the simultaneous observation of gales, with a view to tracing out their courses and laws. In astronomy Mr. Burder found a source of genuine pleasure, and was ingenious in the construction of instruments. He devised a portable equatorial, of which he published an account in 'Recreative Science, ' and he also constructed a clock, the accurate performance of which was very satisfactory. For the last two years of his life increasing weakness confined him almost entirely to his room, and during this period his mechanical ingenuity showed itself in a great variety of contrivances adapted to meet his special wants. One of these was a mirror so placed as to reflect into his room the image of a..
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Add this copy of Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society to cart. $67.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
