Editing Cloud physics (section)

== History of cloud physics ==

The modern cloud physics began in the 19th century and was described in several publications.<ref>{{cite book |first=William Edgar Knowles |last=Middleton |title=A history of the theories of rain and other forms of precipitation |publisher=Oldbourne |year=1966 |isbn=9780226524979 |oclc=12250134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jw58AAAAIAAJ}}{{pn|date=January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=Hans R. |last1=Pruppacher |first2=James D. |last2=Klett |title=Microphysics of clouds and precipitation |publisher=Springer |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7923-4211-3 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MURkyjuoGMC}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Frances J. |last=Pouncy |title=A history of cloud codes and symbols |journal=Weather |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=69–80 |date=February 2003 |doi=10.1256/wea.219.02 |bibcode = 2003Wthr...58...69P |s2cid=122081455 }}</ref> [[Otto von Guericke]] originated the idea that clouds were composed of water bubbles. In 1847 [[Augustus Volney Waller|Augustus Waller]] used [[spider web]] to examine droplets under the microscope.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Duncan C. |last1=Blanchard |title=From Raindrops to Volcanoes: Adventures with Sea Surface Meteorology |publisher=Courier Dover |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-486-43487-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwachExRPJMC}}{{pn|date=January 2018}}</ref> These observations were confirmed by [[William Henry Dines]] in 1880 and [[Richard Assmann]] in 1884.