Garden Dictionary Word: Beaufort scale

Beaufort scale

An artificial number scale invented by Francis Beaufort in 1805 to show approximate wind sp.ed ranging from 0 miles per hour (mph) for calm to 12 mph for a hurricane velocity in excess of 75 mph.

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