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When donkeys and scientists were put in the middle?

The famous team "Donkeys and scientists - to the middle!" sounded on July 21, 1798 from the lips of the French General Napoleon Bonaparte before the start of the Battle of the Pyramids, in which he defeated the Mamluk army.

This command meant, first of all, the desire to protect the representatives of science (along with the most precious pack animals on the campaign), and a somewhat unexpected combination of words came about solely due to the necessary brevity of the command phrase.

Going on a military expedition to Egypt (1798-1801), Bonaparte formed a scientific commission with his army, consisting of two astronomers, four mathematicians, an aeronaut, a chemist and an archaeologist. Bonaparte treated his scientific companions with great attention - and not in vain: the results of their studies of the historical monuments of Egypt were, paradoxically, more important than the military successes of the French army in this campaign.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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The term "weather" includes all states of the atmosphere. "Weather" includes atmospheric conditions such as cold, warm, dry, humid, sunny, cloudy, windy, still. The weather changes every day, and everything that happens during the year is called "climate".

Weather is influenced by various factors, but the most basic is the Sun. The heat from the sun evaporates water and warms the air, which causes rising currents of warm air to lift water vapor into the sky. There, the air cools and the vapors condense into rain. This can happen gradually or quickly. When the weather changes abruptly, there are storms.

There are about 200 weather stations in England, about the same number in the rest of Europe. In addition, "weather ships" located in the Atlantic, as well as special aircraft on duty, monitor weather changes. The weather forecast is based on these messages and other meteorological data.

The maps that weather experts study can tell them a variety of information: areas with the same pressure, areas with the same temperature, wind direction, cloudiness or clear skies, rain or snow, the amount of rain that has fallen, areas with high or low pressure.

Meteorologists, by studying a map, can predict what to expect under given atmospheric conditions. They know that low pressure means strong winds due to the movement of cold air to replace warm, rising, moisture-laden air. High pressure means good weather.

In the Northern Hemisphere, winds in high pressure areas blow clockwise. At low pressure - counterclockwise. That is, even the direction of the wind can be predicted. Meteorologists also know the speed of movement of areas with different pressures.

Knowing all these details, as well as having weather reports from many parts of the country, the meteorologist has a good idea of what the weather is expected in your area!

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