The best weather inventions throughout history.. What are they and when were they found?

2015-04-06 2015-04-06T12:45:14Z
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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Thousands of years ago, humanity has reached many important inventions that changed the course of history and human life, and became an integral part of it.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Among the most important of these areas that witnessed great development over the ages is the field of <strong>weather and weather conditions,</strong> whether in terms of inventing devices that help predict the weather or in terms of inventing tools and devices that overcome the effects of it, especially in rainy weather.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In this report, a number of weather-related inventions and innovations were presented by scientists throughout history. Some of them extend back thousands and hundreds of years, while some are considered somewhat recent:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>the umbrella</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The umbrella has been used for thousands of years, and the ancient Egyptians were the first to use it to protect themselves from the sun, followed by the Chinese who used it to protect themselves from rain, and its use was part of the ceremonial rituals of the Emperor of China in the 12th century BC, and it was associated with power and status for hundreds of years in various cultures .</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Front windshield wipers</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> American Mary Anderson, who lived between the years (1866-1953), was able to invent windshield wipers after a year of research in 1903.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Lightning rod</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Thanks to the invention of the lightning rod by the American &quot;Benjamin Franklin&quot; in 1750 AD, which protects tall and tall buildings from the danger of lightning strikes in parts of the world.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Cloud rating</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The British chemist and meteorologist Luca Howard is the first to develop the system used internationally today to classify clouds, which depends on classifying them according to their shapes and heights above the earth&#39;s surface, in addition to the process of their formation and other factors.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>rain gauge</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is an integral part of the meteorological offices in the world. It has a long history spanning thousands of years, as the first rain gauge was invented in Korea in 1441 AD during the reign of King Sejong the Great.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>weather radar</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is also called Weather Surveillance Radar (WSR) and is used to locate precipitation, calculate its movement and determine its type, whether it is rain, snow, hail or hurricane. It is also able to detect the movement of raindrops and the intensity of precipitation.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Radar was developed before World War II by a number of countries, including Britain; for military purposes.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>weather satellite</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It aims to collect data used to monitor weather and climate on Earth, and the world&#39;s first weather satellite was launched in 1959.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Several countries have launched networks of meteorological satellites, including: the United States and European countries with the European Space Agency (ESA), India, China, Russia and Japan.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>See more:</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/عند-سكب-الحمم-البركانية-على-الجليد-شاهد-ماذا-سيحدث؟"><strong>When pouring lava on ice, see what happens?</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-اختراعات-تتعلق-بالمناخ-ستغير-المستقبل"><strong>In pictures: Climate-related inventions that will change the future</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/شاب-يبتكر-حلًا-ذكيًا-للرجوع-إلى-الخلف-عند-تعطل-الجير"><strong>A young man finds a clever solution to reverse when the &quot;lime&quot; breaks</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

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