On Nov 11, 3:11 pm, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder why I don't know who that was who first > understood what a storm cloud is.
The answer seems to be James Espy in 1841. His understanding is summarized here: http://www.stormtrack.org/archive/0566.htm Full text of his _The Philosophy of Storms_ is here: http://books.google.com/books?id=KGsAAAAAMAAJ&dq=James+P.+Espy+philosophy+storms&pg=PA98&ots=G0LwpShDnp&sig=L8GzFqwRzIRrTkTeuGDEB-AkX1s&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26q%3DJames%2BP.%2BEspy%2Bphilosophy%2Bstorms%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=legacy#PPR9,M1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
