Admiral Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865) is best known to collectors for a barometer he did not invent. But historians know about his accomplishments in the Navy, politics and predicting the weather. He ...
Robert FitzRoy (1805 — 1865)This British Naval Officer, Hydrographer, Colonial Governor and inventor of the Fitzroy Barometer.Robert FitzRoy was the captain of the <I>HMS Beagle</I> which sailed ...
In 1854, years after he and Charles Darwin sailed around the world, he was appointed head of what would become Britain's Met Office. His job was supposed to be analyzing years of data about wind, ...
Admiral Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865) is best known to collectors for a barometer he did not invent. But historians know about his accomplishments in the Navy, politics and predicting the weather. He ...
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