ROBERT FITZROY
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He had standard barometers made and distributed widely, accumulating the data and predicting the weather. Although crude and inaccurate by modern standards, his system was a vast improvement over earlier efforts. Today, we use the term for economics and politics as well.
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Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone.
