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Looking at the Sky: The Visual Context of Victorian Meteorology (2003)

Anderson, Katharine M. (Author)

British Journal for the History of Science
Volume: 36
Pages: 301--332

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Meteorology Visual representation; visual communication Illustrations Exactness; precision; accuracy Observation 19th century Great Britain Smyth, Charles Piazzi

Description “Investigates visual methods in meteorology … and analyses the ways in which the challenges of meteorology raised questions about the nature of observation and precision.” (from the abstract)

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