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The Man Who Named the Clouds by Hannah, Julie; Holub, Joan; Billin-Frye, Paige, ill is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Man Who Named the Clouds about?

<p><p>in 1782, When Luke Howard Was Ten, He Began Keeping A Weather Journal To Describe What He Saw In The Sky&#151;he Especially Loved To Watch The Clouds. As An Adult, Luke Wanted To Classify Clouds, Though Many Others Had Failed At This.</p><h3>children's Literature</h3><p>it Is Fortunate For Us That As A Boy Luke Howard Could Be Counted On To Have His Head In The Clouds. The English-born Scientist's Fascination With Weather And Clouds Continued Into Adulthood, Where His Keen Observations Resulted In A Scientific Cloud-naming System. Howard Kept Meticulous Recordings Of Weather Patterns And Painted Detailed Watercolors Of Cloud Formations. He Patterned His System On Linnaeus' Use Of Latin In Naming Plants, And He Introduced The System In The <i>encyclopedia Americana</i> In The Early 1800s. A Quiet And Humble Man, He Earned His Living As A Chemist Although He Gave Lectures On Weather And Continued To Study His Beloved Sky Until His Death At Age Ninety-one. Simple Text And Warm Watercolor Illustrations Bring To Light The Important Work Of This Little-known Man. Included Are Reproductions Of Howard's Original Paintings Of Clouds, Balanced With Photos Of Each Of The Ten Basic Cloud

Who reads The Man Who Named the Clouds?

Author

Hannah, Julie; Holub, Joan; Billin-Frye, Paige, ill

Publisher

Albert Whitman & Company

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807549742

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Physics

Rating

3.63 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14