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36 p. : col. ill., maps. An unusual treatment with fictional elements amongst a basically factual presentation explaining how the Beaufort scale was used by sailing craft to measure the force of the wind at sea. Developed in 1810 by a British naval officer and surveyor, Francis Beaufort, his scale gave sailors a common language for describing the wind. Artwork and prose show what life at sea was like for a young boy serving as a midshipman in the 1800s, with intriguing historical information and nautical terminology.