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How did clouds get their names? - Richard Hamblyn

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The study of clouds has always been a daydreamer’s science, aptly founded by a thoughtful young man whose favorite activity was staring out of the window at the sky. Richard Hamblyn tells the history of Luke Howard, the man who classified the clouds and forever changed humanity’s understanding of these changeable, mysterious objects.

The names of the clouds were derived from which language?

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  • Educator Richard Hamblyn
  • Director Nick Hilditch
  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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