DEFINING THE WIND: The Beaufort Scale, and How a Nineteenth-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry
by Huler, Scott
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400048842
- ISBN 13
- 9781400048847
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Pub., 2004. (2004), 290pp, illus., 1st ed., 1st printing, owner's sticker to ffep, small spot to title page (paper defect), light rubbing to dj, contents clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
Scott Huler is the author of On Being Brown and A Little Bit Sideways: One Week Inside a NASCAR Winston Cup Race Team . His work is heard regularly on National Public Radio. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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- Bookseller
- Russ States (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14-0199
- Title
- DEFINING THE WIND: The Beaufort Scale, and How a Nineteenth-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry
- Author
- Huler, Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400048842
- ISBN 13
- 9781400048847
- Publisher
- Crown Pub.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Science, Meteorology, Wind, Beaufort Scale, Measurements, 18th Century, 19th
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Russ States
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- Rubbing
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