FERREL, William.

"Popular Essays on the Movements of the Atmosphere," Professional Papers of the Signal Service. No.XII. Illus. in the text. 59 pp. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers. Washington: Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1882. Reprint of several other of Ferrel's important papers on meteorology. "After Laplace, Ferrel was the chief founder of the subject now known as geophysical fluid dynamics. He gave the first general formulation of the equations of motion for a body moving with respect to the rotating earth and drew from them the consequences for atmospheric and oceanic circulation. He contributed to meteorological and tidal theory and to the problem of 'earth wobble'."­D.S.B., IV, p. 590. The essays present here deal with atmospheric circulation, winds, ocean currents, atmospheric pressure, and cyclones. Fine copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.

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