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100 1 _aCourtney, Nicholas
245 0 0 _aGale force 10
_bthe life and legacy of Admiral Beaufort 1774-1857
260 _aLondon
_bReview
_c2002
300 _axii, 340p.
_bcol. ill.
_c20cm.
350 _a7.99
520 _aBiography of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort who established the scale for denoting the force of wind now known as the Beaufort Scale. Beaufort also served on the council of the Royal Society and was Hydrographer to the Navy for 26 years.
600 1 4 _aBeaufort, Francis
_d1774-1857
650 _aBIOGRAPHY
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
690 _aHydrography
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