文档介绍：Atmosphere
A Scientific History
of Air, Weather, and Climate
Atmosphere
A Scientific History
of Air, Weather, and Climate
Michael Allaby
Illustrations by Richard Garratt
ATMOSPHERE: A Scientifi c History of Air, Weather, and Climate
Copyright © 2009 by Michael Allaby
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Allaby, Michael.
Atmosphere: a scientifi c history of air, weather, and climate / Michael Allaby; illustrations by
Richard Garratt.
p. cm.—(Discovering the Earth)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6098-6
ISBN-10: 0-8160-6098-3
1. Atmosphere—Popular works. 2. Climatology—Popular works. 3. Climate—Popular works.
I. Title.
2009
—dc22 2008019503
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Text design by Annie O’Donnell
Illustrations by Richard Garratt
Photo research by Tobi Zausner, .
Printed in China
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is book is printed on acid-free paper.
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xii
CHAPTER 1
3 WHAT IS AIR? 1
Aristotle and the Beginning of Meteorology 2
eophrastus and Weather Signs 6
Weather Lore
Jan Baptista van Helmont and the Discovery of Gases 10
Karl Scheele, Joseph Priestley, and Dephlogisticated Air 14
Phlogiston
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier a