Over thousands of years, sailors have learnt to estimate the speed of the wind just by looking about. In 1805, Francis Beaufort codified sailor’s observations into what is now known as the Beaufort Scale. The universe tells you everything you need to know about it as long as you are prepared to watch, to listen, to smell, in short to observe.
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