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Simpson Scale

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1926Date range
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Chronological records

1926

George Clarke Simpson1926

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Establishes the Simpson wind force scale, a modification of the Beaufort wind force scale which is the current standard scale used worldwide; still called the Beaufort wind force scale

Names involved

George Clarke Simpson

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