Aristole's Legacy in Meteorology.
Abstract
Aristotle's Meteorologica dominated the development of the science of meteorology during the nearly 2000-year period from antiquity up to the seventeenth century. This paper presents a survey of the history of meteorology during this often called "Era of Speculation".
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Pub Date:
- March 1973
- DOI:
- 10.1175/1520-0477(1973)054<0198:ALIM>2.0.CO;2
- Bibcode:
- 1973BAMS...54..198F