Comments on: Eric Sloane's Weather Book http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/eric-sloanes-weather-book.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jonathan Maziarz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/eric-sloanes-weather-book.html#comment-1419714 Jonathan Maziarz Thu, 10 May 2012 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158867#comment-1419714 Eric Sloane was Tufte before Tufte! Brilliant simplifications of complex meteorological concepts Eric Sloane was Tufte before Tufte! Brilliant simplifications of complex meteorological concepts

]]> By: zuludaddy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/eric-sloanes-weather-book.html#comment-1419700 zuludaddy Thu, 10 May 2012 00:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158867#comment-1419700 He also had a book on tools no longer in common use. Forgetting the name. [edit: Thanks, bigdig...] There's a similar book, similarly illustrated, different author, called  Look In The Sky And Know The Weather. He also had a book on tools no longer in common use. Forgetting the name. [edit: Thanks, bigdig...]

There’s a similar book, similarly illustrated, different author, called  Look In The Sky And Know The Weather.

]]> By: bigdig http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/eric-sloanes-weather-book.html#comment-1419696 bigdig Thu, 10 May 2012 00:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158867#comment-1419696 Second the above recommendations, and "A Museum of Early American Tools" is also great. Second the above recommendations, and “A Museum of Early American Tools” is also great.

]]> By: Zan Cantwell http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/eric-sloanes-weather-book.html#comment-1419615 Zan Cantwell Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158867#comment-1419615 A Reverence for Wood and Diary of an Early American Boy were two of my most treasured books when I was young A Reverence for Wood and Diary of an Early American Boy were two of my most treasured books when I was young

]]> By: Tim Hodges http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/eric-sloanes-weather-book.html#comment-1419570 Tim Hodges Wed, 09 May 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158867#comment-1419570 Eric Sloane is a very great American illustrator. "A Reverence For Wood" is one of my favorites filled with illustrations of early barns, wood tools, etc. He is a painter of 'skyscapes'. Great huge paintings of clouds and weather. He also painted the outside of planes for people like Wiley Post and Amelia Earhart. Eric Sloane is a very great American illustrator. “A Reverence For Wood” is one of my favorites filled with illustrations of early barns, wood tools, etc.

He is a painter of ‘skyscapes’. Great huge paintings of clouds and weather. He also painted the outside of planes for people like Wiley Post and Amelia Earhart.

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