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Measuring The Wind

Long-time NPR contributor Scott Huler joins Guest Host Patt Morrison to talk about his new book Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry. He follows the life of Sir Francis Beaufort, the man who invented the Beaufort scale.