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The Invention of Clouds

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The History of Science Museum
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Writer Richard Hamblyn revisits his first book about the 19th-century amateur meteorologist Luke Howard who gave the clouds the names we use today.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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The History of Science Museum
People
Richard Hamblyn
Keywords
meteorology
climate
weather
clouds
Department: Museum of the History of Science
Date Added: 11/03/2013
Duration: 00:58:56

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