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Mil Goose
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 Re: Winds and Weather Weather forecasting celebrates 150 years, thanks to Fitzroy. Apologies if those outside the UK cannot view the video.
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Freshbeef
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Location: monmouthshire uk
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Re: Winds and Weather A Fitzroy barometer has recently come in to my possession,strange that it coincides with 150yrs of the Met.
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Mil Goose
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Re: Winds and Weather Freshbeef wrote: A Fitzroy barometer has recently come in to my possession,strange that it coincides with 150yrs of the Met.
Dave ...that's wonderful. What an apt time to acquire it. Well done!
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IONIA
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Re: Winds and Weather Freshbeef wrote: A Fitzroy barometer has recently come in to my possession,strange that it coincides with 150yrs of the Met.
Dave I am definitely envious. 
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susan
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Re: Winds and Weather That is definitely something really neat to have!
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Viking
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Location: Fife, Scotland
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Re: Winds and Weather Back to why Napoleon did not invade Britain, here is a quote repeated on WikipediaQuote: In 1801 in a letter to the Board of Admiralty, St Vincent made the now famous remark: "I do not say, my Lords, that the French will not come. I say only they will not come by sea This made at the time of new-fangled hot-air balloons and the first proposal of a channel tunnel. Somewhere there is a cartoon of how the combined operations of air, sea and sappers might go - but i cannot lay my hands on it. Viking
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Freshbeef
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Re: Winds and Weather Any offers  Dave
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Martin Evans
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Joined: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:48 pm
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Location: South Cambridgeshire, UK
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Re: Winds and Weather Viking wrote: Back to why Napoleon did not invade Britain, here is a quote repeated on Wikipedia...snip... This made at the time of new-fangled hot-air balloons and the first proposal of a channel tunnel. Somewhere there is a cartoon of how the combined operations of air, sea and sappers might go - but i cannot lay my hands on it. Viking There is a rather poor reproduction of the cartoon in the Wikipedia page on Napoleon's planned invasion. The creator of the cartoon is not named in these pages. Martin
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