Explains how the Beaufort scale is used to measure the force of the wind especially at sea. In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufort developed a scale to give sailors a common language for describing the wind. From 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), stunning artwork and jaunty prose show what life at sea must have been like for a young boy serving as a midshipman in the 1800s. As William sails from Naples to the Caribbean, we learn intriguing historical information and nautical terminology, and witness how the wind affected day-to-day life on a ship. Detailed illustrations show the wind at work, and readers will be engrossed and fascinated as they watch the storm develop in magnificent full-color paintings.
- ISBN10 0399243992
- ISBN13 9780399243998
- Publish Date 31 March 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English