On Nov 14, 9:18 am, Tom Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 14, 8:07 am, Tom Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Nov 11, 3:11 pm, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > 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+philos...
>
> Wiki said his first presentation on the matter was in 1836:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pollard_Espy
>
> Britannica says:
>
> "American meteorologist who apparently gave the first essentially
> correct explanation of the thermodynamics of cloud formation and
> growth."
>
> http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-192784/James-Pollard-Espy
Espy did make one blunder: he rejected the rotational nature of
hurricanes in the face of observations.
Here's a excerpt from _Storm World_ about a dust-up between Espy and
Redfield over the matter:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/stormworld.htm
As with any good scientific tiff, they were both part right.
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