HOWARD, Luke (1772-1864). [Three broadsides on the British climate in the 19th century]. London: 1842-1851. A rare set of hand-coloured broadsides visualizing climate data by the father of meteorology and a pioneer in urban climatic studies. Howard’s two major publications, The Climate of London (1818-1820), and Barometrographia (1847) made profound contributions to the growing science of meterology, though he is perhaps most famous for his classification of cloud-forms, the basis of which is still in use today. We can trace one apparently identical set in the Huntington Library. 3 broadsides in one volume (the largest 467 x 563mm). Comprising: ‘A Companion to the Thermometer, for the Climate of London’, hand-coloured engraved diagram surrounded by text in 5 columns (overall 422 x 538mm); ‘The Average Barometer’, hand-coloured lithographed seasonal chart above text in 3 columns on pasted overslip (overall 457 x 565mm); ‘A Cycle of Eighteen Years in the Seasons of Britain’, hand coloured lithographed chart covering the years 1824-1841 above text in 4 columns (467 x 556mm); all mounted on guards. Contemporary marbled wrappers (minor loss at spine and corners).
HOWARD, Luke (1772-1864). [Three broadsides on the British climate in the 19th century]. London: 1842-1851. A rare set of hand-coloured broadsides visualizing climate data by the father of meteorology and a pioneer in urban climatic studies. Howard’s two major publications, The Climate of London (1818-1820), and Barometrographia (1847) made profound contributions to the growing science of meterology, though he is perhaps most famous for his classification of cloud-forms, the basis of which is still in use today. We can trace one apparently identical set in the Huntington Library. 3 broadsides in one volume (the largest 467 x 563mm). Comprising: ‘A Companion to the Thermometer, for the Climate of London’, hand-coloured engraved diagram surrounded by text in 5 columns (overall 422 x 538mm); ‘The Average Barometer’, hand-coloured lithographed seasonal chart above text in 3 columns on pasted overslip (overall 457 x 565mm); ‘A Cycle of Eighteen Years in the Seasons of Britain’, hand coloured lithographed chart covering the years 1824-1841 above text in 4 columns (467 x 556mm); all mounted on guards. Contemporary marbled wrappers (minor loss at spine and corners).
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