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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/131180| Title: | The law of storms |
| Keywords: | Meteorology -- Malta -- History -- 19th century Atmosphere Scientific ability Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 |
| Issue Date: | n.d. |
| Citation: | (n.d.). The law of storms. Melitensia Miscellanea Collection (Melit-Misc. vol. 80.5). University of Malta Library, Melitensia Special Collections. |
| Abstract: | At one time it was a just reproach, not only to ourselves, but to our continental brethren, that the laws which regulate the succession of atmospheric phenomena were very imperfectly known. A want of precise observation, imperfect instruments, and limited data, led to crude theories ; and till the closing years of the last century, meteorology could not be said to rank among the sciences. ... [Excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/131180 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellania : volume 080 - A&SCMisc |
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