Présentation de l'éditeur
This unimposing little book is a remarkable one, for it marks an epoch; there are numerous books on elementary meteorology, but this is the first which has been written by aB ritish teacher for a class of students who are learning meteorology as a qualification for their profession. The British Empire has produced some of the worlds foremost meteorologists Halley, Beaufort, A bercromby, Blanford, Eliot, andS haw, to mention only a few but, until recently, no one but a few specialists thought it worth his while to make a serious study of meteorology. But things have now changed, for the war taught us the importance of meteorology in practical life, and the aviator has arrived with his active life in the region of nature which we meteorologists have only looked into from below. Meteorology, from being the hobby of a few and the lifes work of a still smaller number of despised official weather prophets, has come into its own, and not only the aviator but the general public is asking for the means to study this neglected branch of science. It is, therefore, with the greatest pleasure that I welcome this little book and trust that it is only the first of a long series, for meteorology is still in its infancy, and as it develops text-books must be rewritten or they will become worse than useless. This book has been written by a practical meteorologist for practical aviators and by a teacher for his students. This is an ideal combination and the product is not disappointing. I wish, however, to warn the student that there are many unsolved problems in meteorology, and therefore he should not be satisfied with any explanation or theory which the book contains. He has been given the best explanations which it is possible to give in the present state of our knowledge, limited in some cases by the need to use elementary considerations only. All this should, however, gi
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