Spring Semester-Week 12
Story Summary: The Man Who Named the Clouds As a boy, Luke Howard wondered about the weather and daydreamed about clouds, and ended up creating a scientific system for naming clouds. Luke Howard was born in the city of London, England in the late 1700s. As a young boy, Luke noticed that some clouds were feathery, some were puffy, and others looked like gray blankets. He started keeping a weather journal at the age of ten. Luke had three younger brothers and a younger sister. Many of the siblings and half-siblings worked hard in the family's ironworks business and studied hard as well. Many others in London also kept weather journals to learn what caused clouds and weather for curiosity and to advance science. In the 1700s, the causes of weather were still a mystery, and sailors relied on signs. They might rely on pinecones and on rhymes to predict the weather. One such rhyme was "Red at night, Sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." Luke and...