Wind scales

The Beaufort Wind Scale, invented in 1806 by Admiral Francis Beaufort, uses the numbers 0-12 to describe air movement one is a light breeze, seven is near gale, and a storm is ten. 

The Oxal process was initially tested by carrying out separately the HAW denitration and the oxalate precipitation. Results obtained from simulated and Wind-scale HAW solutions are in good agreement. The best DF for Am and Cm ( 2x 103) were obtained, however, on the Windscale solution, operating at about pH 2. 

At the beginning of the nineteenth century (in 1805), the English admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857) introduced the wind scale named after him. Beaufort numbers still... 

The Beaufort Wind Scale was devised by British Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805 based on observations of the effects of the wind. 

The second differences d G, which should be equal to —2 weXe 77) are not constant (compare with the 0.00051 Ry calculated by Hylleraas with the Morse Curve, as discussed above, if it is remembered that an energy of a on the Wind scale is just half that on the Hylleraas scale). The linear Birge-Sponer extrapolation (77) to determine D can thus not be used with molecules having E (R ) vs. R curves which deviate from the Morse curves, because the energy terms are given by... 

N. G. Stewart and R. N. Crooks. Long-range travel of the radioactive cloud from the accident at Windscale. Nature (London) 182, 627 (1958) A, C. Chamberlain and H. J. Dunster, Deposition of radioactivity in North-West England from the accident at Wind-scale. Nature (London) 182,629 (1958) H. J. Dunster, H. Howells, and W. L. Templeton, District surveys following the Windscale incident October 1957. Proc. U.N. Int. Conf. Peaceful Uses At. Energy, 2nd., Geneva Pap. 319 (1958). 

Beaufort wind scale Ascaleofwind speed that was devised in the early 19th century by Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857). Originally based on observations of the effect of various wind speeds on the sails of a full-rigged frigate, it has since been modified and is now based on observations of the sea surface or, on land, such easily observable indicators as smoke and tree movement. The scale ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane). 

It was essential that the cause of the fire be estabUshed as quickly as possible. By 15 October, a coimnittee of enquiry bad been set up with Sir William Penney as Chairman. Its terms of reference were to investigate the cause of the fire at Wind-scale No. 1. Pile on 10th October, 1957, and the measures taken to deal with it and its consequences. The other members of the board were Sir Basil Schonland, the Deputy Director of Harwell, Professor JM Kay of Imperial College London, and Professor J Diamond of Manchester University. Kay and Diamond were both... 

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