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Irish hydrographer and officer of the British Royal Navy who created the Beaufort scale relating wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land, as well as the Beaufort cipher. The wind force scale he devised in 1805 was officially adopted by the Royal Navy and later spread internationally.
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Defining ContributionCreated the Beaufort wind force scale relating wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer in the British Royal Navy.
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A hydrographer of the Royal Navy; his wind force scale lives on in marine meteorology.
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