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Inigo Jones: The Weather Prophet

I’m currently working on a html version of this with added links and content, but in the meantime… Prologue Canberra was in the grip of a heatwave — the longest in its recorded history. After two weeks of hot weather, the temperature topped the century once more, as 800 visitors swarmed into town for the [...]

Posted 13 February 2011 † Tim Sherratt § articles and book chapters § weather ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Looking at the sun

From Wallal, in Australia’s far north-west, to Goondiwindi, near the New South Wales-Queensland border, local and international scientists watched the sun and waited. A total solar eclipse was due on 21 September 1922. An eclipse always held scientific interest, but this one offered the chance to confirm one of the most revolutionary theories in science. [...]

Posted 01 August 2008 † Tim Sherratt § magazine articles § weather ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,