FitzRoy’s Glass: Victorian Weather Marvel or Glorified Thermometer?
FitzRoy’s Glass: Victorian Weather Marvel Or Glorified Thermometer? No comments by: Al Williams August 6, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Everyone talks about the weather. This is doubly true for sailors, where bad weather could mean a very bad day.
- ▪FitzRoy’s Glass: Victorian Weather Marvel Or Glorified Thermometer?
- ▪No comments by: Al Williams August 6, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Everyone talks about the weather.
- ▪This is doubly true for sailors, where bad weather could mean a very bad day.
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FitzRoy’s Glass: Victorian Weather Marvel Or Glorified Thermometer? No comments by: Al Williams August 6, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Everyone talks about the weather. This is doubly true for sailors, where bad weather could mean a very bad day. So it isn’t surprising that navies around the world have had a keen interest in weather forecasting. But how did you predict the weather before modern instruments, radar, and satellite images? Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy had great faith in “storm glasses,” a glass chamber containing some chemicals that he didn’t invent, but did document and promote heavily during the 1860s. Did it work? Apparently not, but the device is still interesting in its own right.
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