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Francis Beaufort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beaufort scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Francis Beaufort, British admiral and hydrographer to the Royal Navy, was the first in 1805 to introduce and describe a scale of wind for estimating wind strengths without the use of instruments, a system based on subjective observations of the sea.
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Admiral Robert Fitzroy of H.M.S. Beagle fame wrote of Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, "All honor to Beaufort, who used and introduced this succinct method of approximation by scale..." The method to which Fitzroy refers, one of Beaufort's many accomplishments during his distinguished naval career, is the Wind Force...
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Born in 1774, near Navan in Co.Meath , Francis Beaufort was the son of a rector. His father was well respected in the fields of geography and topography , publishing in 1972 one of the earliest detailed maps of Ireland. ... At his birthplace in Navan, there is a memorial plaque that proudly commemerates Sir Francis Beaufort.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Sir Francis Beaufort (British admiral), ...impression of this dependence is given by the descriptions of the various states of the sea corresponding to the scale of wind strengths known as the Beaufort scale, named after the British admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, who drafted it in ...
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The Irish-British hydrographer Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort was born in Navan in Ireland. His father was a cleric of Huguenot origin who took an active interest in geography and topography, publishing in 1792 one of the earliest detailed maps of Ireland.
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Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774-1857, British admiral. ... Admiral Beaufort is most famous for having established the Beaufort Scale of wind velocity in 1806. The Beaufort Scale runs from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane) and is still the uniform maritime standard. The Beaufort Sea is named for him.
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The Irish-British hydrographer Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774 - 1857) was born in Navan in Ireland; his father was a cleric ... The Irish-British hydrographer Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774 - 1857) was born in Navan in Ireland; his father was a cleric of Huguenot origin who took an active interest in...
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