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Encyclopedia > Beaufort

Beaufort is:

  1. The name of some places in the United States of America:
  2. The name of a place in Australia:
  3. The name of several communes in France:
    • Beaufort, in the Haute-Garonne département
    • Beaufort, in the Hérault département
    • Beaufort, in the Isère département
    • Beaufort, in the Jura département
    • Beaufort, in the Nord département
    • Beaufort, in the Savoie département
  4. A part of the name of several communes in France:
    • Beaufort-Blavincourt, in the Pas-de-Calais département
    • Beaufort-en-Argonne, in the Meuse département
    • Beaufort-en-Santerre, in the Somme département
    • Beaufort-en-Vallée, in the Maine-et-Loire département
    • Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, in the Drôme département
  5. The name of a town Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland
  6. The name of a town and commune in Luxembourg: Beaufort, Luxembourg.
  7. The name of a town in the state of Sabah, Malaysia: Beaufort, Sabah
  8. The name of a small village in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK. It was originally attached to nearby Brynmawr and so was part of the county of Breconshire. The name Beaufort originates because the soil in the area was owned by the Duke of Beaufort. The Welsh name for Beaufort, 'Cendl (or Cendle)', survives in street names in Beaufort and Cwm (south of Ebbw Vale).
  9. A scale for the measurement of wind velocity: see Beaufort scale, Storm.
  10. A British aircraft: see Bristol Beaufort.
  11. A number of people:
  12. A dukedom in the Peerage of England: see Duke of Beaufort
  13. A title in French nobility: see Duc de Beaufort
  14. A Crusader castle: see Beaufort (Crusader castle)
  15. A sea in the Arctic: see Beaufort Sea
  16. A French cheese: see Beaufort (cheese)
  17. The Beaufort cipher is a Polyalphabetic cipher
  18. The Beaufort Sea between Canada and the USA
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Beaufort scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (475 words)
The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on sea-state or wave conditions.
The scale was adapted to non-naval use from the 1850s, with the Beaufort numbers being tied to cup anemometer rotations.
Taiwan uses the Beaufort scale extended in 1944 with Forces 13-17 to better represent the wind caused by typhoons.
Weather Doctor's Weather People and History: The Weather Legacy of Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1395 words)
Francis Beaufort was born in 1774, in County Meath, Ireland, the son of the Reverend Daniel Augustus Beaufort, the Rector of Navan.
Beaufort's assignment during the years 1811 and 1812 led him to the Eastern Mediterranean off Asia Minor for a combined hydrographic study and patrol mission against the pirates operating out of the Levant.
In 1829, Beaufort was appointed Hydrographer to the Admiralty.
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