Francis Beaufort scale, decoded as 32–38 mph, or a "moderate Gale". Beaufort, like other patrons of exploration, has had his name given to many geographical places. Among these: Beaufort created the Beaufort cipher. It is a substitution cipher similar to the Vigenère cipher. Francis Beaufort Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB, FRS, FRGS, FRAS, MRIA (; 27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy. Beaufort was the creator of the Beaufort Scale for indicating wind force. Francis Beaufort was descended from French Protestant Huguenots, who fled the French Wars of Religion in the
The Wind Blows (poem) image follows me, haunts me Everywhere, every moment, always! A distant sky seeps misty thoughts… Blowing wind, blowing wind, blowing wind! </poem> The Wind Blows (poem) "The Wind Blows" is a poem by Georgian poet Galaktion Tabidze. It is a sad poem, full of imagery and sentiments, and is well known in Georgia today. The Georgian version uses alliteration, repetition and rhyme, and like all his poems, is almost musical. It was written in 1920. <poem> Blowing wind, blowing wind, blowing wind, Leaves are swept along its path… Rows of trees, armies of trees bend and sway Where are you,