Talk:Buys Ballot's law

Getting the Right Name Correctly

 William C. Refield is not my specialty, but he is very connected to the historical legacy I specialize in. I was very excited when I wrote to you last night - all the way to misspelling his name. It has here been corrected. i am sure we can work something out that reflects the entire story. Thank you.James 'Jimbo' Daily (talk) 16:33, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Background Extremely Needed

 Why is there not the first mention of William C. Redfield and Dove? Redmond began his work studying storms in this way for some 25-30 years on exactly all this before HE DIED IN THE YEAR THAT DUTCH GUYS AND FERREL ARE CLAIMING THIS SCIENCE AS THIER OWN "LAW"?!?!. Please excuse me if I am more than shocked at all this??? Other parts of the world had their contributions in all this - but absolutely nothing like Redfield - who was experienced at reaching out to the Policy Sector. In this case - TO THE GREAT RECOGNITION OF THE INSURANCE AGENCIES OF LONDON AND BEYOND!!! Redmond - also an Invention of Steam ship effectiveness and safety - also the major voice in the world presaging and birthing actual policy just ahead of the Steam Locomotive Revolution. This was a name most certainly known to both ferrell and Coffin as Redfield was the first President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS Founded by Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian - WHO COFFIN WORKED FOR PRODUCING the 1854 Smithsonian Book: "The Winds of the Northern Hemisphere". Also the 1856 Book "The Elastic Force of Aqueous Vapors" which was produced by the SMITHSONIAN! Yes! - they both darn well knew of Redfield and Dove - and Joseph Henry and many at the Smithsonian knew that they knew!!! 
  Now.... if there is a Law written by the 'co-opters' and you want to report they named their own law - then you can report that.... But can you please consider a broader background of where this Science comes from - the immensly likeable gentlemen - William C Redfield???
 If I gather my facts on this [already have authored a bio article on Redmond] then you can expect some additions to your article to appear some night. We'll take it from there. Thank you.James 'Jimbo' Daily (talk) 08:22, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Buys Ballot's law appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 July 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to Buys-Ballot's law wind travels counterclockwise around low pressure zones in the Northern Hemisphere?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/July.

Wikipedia

Merge

Shouldn't this be merged into the article on Buys-Ballot, since they have teh exact same information?

Picture

The picture is a bit confusing as the article talks about having your back to the wind and the picture facing the wind. Unusual Cheese 12:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, and addressed. 14 May 2008 at 1159 PM. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.196.212 (talk) 03:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Might be clearer to redraw it as seen from above. --McGeddon (talk) 13:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]