Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale by Peter Malone
Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale

Peter Malone

Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale

Peter Malone

32 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction childrens science informative inspiring medium-paced
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Explains how the Beaufort scale is used to measure the force of the wind especially at sea. In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufort developed a scale to give sailors a common language for describing the wind. From 0 (c...

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