Experiencing the weather in 1703
The "exquisite atmography" and its author
The atmosphere and the earth
Clouds in the head
Public weather and the culture of enlightenment
The great storm in public debate
Providence and the British climate
Conversation and weather lore
Recording and forecasting
The discipline of the diary
The calendar and the seasons
Forecasting by the heavens
Barometers of enlightenment
The genealogy of weather instruments
The instrument trade and consumers
Interpreting the "oraculous glasses"
Sensibility and climatic pathology
The hippocratic revival
Aerial sensitivity and social change
The politics of atmospheric reform
Climate and civilization
The enlightenment debate on climate
Medicine and the colonial situation
America: climate and destiny
Conclusion: the science of weather.
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British weather and the climate of enlightenment by Jan Golinski. ISBN 9780226302058. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
