“On the Cyclones or Typhoons of the North Pacific Ocean; with a Chart, showing their Courses of Progression.” [Pp. 21–38 in:] The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series, No. 70—July, 1857.

William C. Redfield on Cyclones of the North Pacific, 1857

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One of the last published studies by William C. Redfield, the American pioneer of storm meteorology, this paper expands his influential cyclone theory to the typhoons of the North Pacific. Redfield used navigational records and meteorological data to trace storm tracks, presenting them on a large 5-panel folding “Chart showing the tracks or courses of various Gales & Hurricanes as traced by Wm. C. Redfield 1855. With additions,” lithographed by Robertson & Seibert of New York and bound at the end of this volume. His research marked a decisive step in understanding tropical cyclones as vast, rotating systems, a theory he first advanced in the 1830s that reshaped both naval navigation and the scientific study of storms.

A self-taught naturalist and co-founder of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, William Charles Redfield (1789–1857) was the first to propose the rotary nature of hurricanes, supported by evidence from the 1821 New England hurricane. Redfield’s storm studies influenced contemporaries including Matthew Fontaine Maury and helped establish meteorology as a scientific discipline in the United States.

Very scarce in its original printed wrappers.

Price: $250.00