Abstract
IN this book we have a collection of coloured plates, sixteen in number, illustrative of the different typical forms which clouds assume under various conditions. The classification, nomenclature, and descriptive text are derived from the “International Cloud Atlas” (Paris, 1896), but the plates are from the original paintings made for the Hydrographic Office by Mr. Rudolf Cronau. In addition to the ten standard types which are included in the classification, six further plates are devoted to illustrating certain modifications of these, such as fracto-stratus, fracto-cumulus, mamato-cumulus, &c. Each plate embraces the horizon and sufficient extension of view, so that the observer can obtain a good idea of cloud perspective. The paintings themselves have been made as accurately and as true to nature as possible, and photographs, printed exemplars, together with the artist's personal observations and knowledge of clouds, have all been brought to bear on them. Great pains have been taken by the Hydrographic Office to ensure a faithful reproduction of the originals, and we can safely say that the observer has here before him a most excellent guide for the classification of clouds, which branch of meteorology is becoming every year of more importance as a means of forecasting the weather.
Illustrative Cloud Forms.
By C. D. Sigsbee. (Washington: U.S. Hydrographic Office, 1897.)
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Illustrative Cloud Forms. Nature 56, 196 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056196b0
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