formation first popularized and proposed as a type of cloud in 2009 by Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Added to the International Cloud...
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Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author, known for his books The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Wavewatcher's Companion. Pretor-Pinney is son of...
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Pretor (Macedonian: Претор) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. It is over 13 kilometres...
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John Pretor Pinney (1740 – 23 January 1818) was a plantation owner on the island of Nevis in the West Indies and was a sugar merchant in Bristol. He made...
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The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding...
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Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine The Cloudspotter's Guide By Gavin Pretor-Pinney, p. 233 "Cloud Iridescence | SKYbrary Aviation Safety". skybrary...
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devoted to its ethos of 'idling'. Founded in 1993 by Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the publication's intention is to improve public perception of idling...
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Archived (PDF) from the original on 2005-02-26. Retrieved 18 October 2012. Pretor-Pinney 2007, p. 17 "L7 Clouds: Stratus fractus (StFra) and/or Cumulus fractus...
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and above commune. It was headed by a Pretor, appointed by the county Prefect. The institution headed by the Pretor was called Pretură. The division of...
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from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016. Gavin Pretor-Pinney (2010). The Wavewatcher's Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408811160...
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Atlas. Vol. I. pp. 37–39. ISBN 92-63-10407-7. Retrieved 26 August 2014. Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2007). The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and...
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The Wavewatcher's Companion is a 2010 science book by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. The book was the 2011 winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books...
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The Idler magazine, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed...
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Praetorius, Pratorius, Pretorius, (German), and in English Preater, Preter and Pretor)[citation needed], Pretorius is a surname of Germanic origins, although...
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written. Vaughan had maintained his friendship with Pretor until his death and at his request Pretor undertook the duties of his literary executor. The...
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Ewa Wiśnierska, a paraglider who also went through a thunderstorm cloud. Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2006). The Cloudspotter's Guide. The Cloud Appreciation Society...
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Characteristics" (PDF). The Science Corner. NOAA. Retrieved 6 February 2011. Pretor-Pinney, Gavin. The Cloud Collector's Handbook. ISBN 978-0-340-91943-9.,...
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Pregobin, Prejunate, Prelin, Preludyo, Prelyx, Premilin, Preneurolin, Prestat, Pretor, Priga, Provelyn, Regapen, Resenz, Rewisca, Serigabtin, Symra, Vronogabic...
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Cumulus-skynews (2013). "Clouds: Their curious natures". Retrieved 26 August 2014. Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2007). The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and...
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each județ was further divided into several plăși, each administered by a pretor. After the adoption of a new Constitution in 1923, the traditional local...
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spectacular weather photos? - Social Media Blog - Bureau of Meteorology". Gavin Pretor-Pinney (2006). The Cloudspotter's Guide. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-89589-6...
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1858, Symonds received a letter from his friend Alfred Pretor (1840–1908), telling of Pretor's affair with their headmaster, Charles John Vaughan. Symonds...
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archived from the original on January 1, 2011, retrieved August 17, 2010 Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2010), The Wavewatcher's Companion, Bloomsbury Publishing...
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ceremonies, including the oath of investment of the city's medieval podestà and pretors. Towards Via Cappello is another column, with a 14th-century aedicula with...
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divided into a number of plăși (singular plasă), with each administered by a pretor (from the Latin praetor), appointed by the prefect. In 1913, as a result...
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Chişinău, the capital of Moldova. The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration. It governs over a portion of the city...
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its totality elects a mayor and a local council, which then name five pretors, one for each sector. They deal more locally with administrative matters...
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Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration. It governs over a portion of the city...
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Moldova, and the most affluent. The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration. It governs over a portion of the city...
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