Napier Shaw
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir William Napier Shaw FRS, (March 4, 1854 - March 23, 1945), was a British meteorologist. He introduced the air pressure unit millibar, as well as the tephigram, a diagram of temperature changes. Shaw was born in Birmingham. He studied at the University of Cambridge, where he later, between 1877 and 1906, taught physics. In 1891, he was elected to the Royal Society. In 1915 he was knighted, and in 1923 he was awarded a Royal Medal. In 1909, he introduced the millibar unit, which was internationally adopted in 1929. In 1915, he developed the tephigram. Shaw also studied air pollution, publishing his book The...
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Дата выхода: июль 2011