Climate in the Age of Empire: Weather Observers in Colonial Canada

Synopsis

Investigates The Work Of Early Canadian Weather Observers Who Were Schooled And Working In The Scientific Tradition Inherited From Europe, The Scientific Community They Built, And Their Attitudes Toward Climate Change.-- Preface -- The Landscape : Scientists, Practices, And Theories. Territory, Networks, And Tools -- Dr. Jean-françois Gaultier : New France's Climatologist -- Clearing And Cultivation : Eighteenth-century Climate Improvement Theory -- British-american Weather Observers To 1830 -- Mccord And The Montreal Natural History Society -- Nineteenth-century Scientists Question Climate Amelioration -- Meteorology Takes Shape. Meteorology And The Military -- The Magnetic Crusade And The Founding Of The Toronto Observatory -- Medical Meteorology -- The Establishment Of The Meteorological Service Of Canada -- The Mcgill Observatory And The Professionalization Of Meteorology -- What Do Three Centuries Of Observations Tell Us? -- Extraordinary Seasons. Victoria C. Slonosky. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.