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This text traces the history of meteorological tradition in Enlightenment Britain, examining its scientific and cultural significance. Jankovic interweaves classical traditions, folk/popular beliefs and practices, and the quantitative approaches of urban university men to understanding the skies.

Reading the Skies A Cultural History of English

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 4/17/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226392158, 978-0226392158
      ISBN10: 0226392155

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      Book Synopsis
      This text traces the history of meteorological tradition in Enlightenment Britain, examining its scientific and cultural significance. Jankovic interweaves classical traditions, folk/popular beliefs and practices, and the quantitative approaches of urban university men to understanding the skies.

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