Defoe was early meteorologist
NOV 22, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024846
Guardian : Daniel Defoe (1661–1731), an English novelist, journalist, and traveler, was also, apparently, an amateur meteorologist. He reported dozens of events involving the devastation wrought by strong winds, such as the damage from the Great Storm of 26 November 1703. He observed that more tiles were blown off the lee side of the houses than the sides facing the wind and that hundreds of windmills were destroyed because the wind turned them so fast that friction caused them to overheat and catch fire.
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