Cloud atlas was published in 1802. It followed a similar effort in French by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1801. Howard's nomenclature defined four fundamental types of clouds: cirrus or thread-cloud, cumulus or heap-cloud, stratus or flat cloud (level sheet), and nimbus or rain-cloud (see Classification of clouds). There followed a long period of development of the field of meteorology and the classification of clouds, leading up to 1896, the International Year of Clouds. The history of this period is the subject of a popular book, "The Invention of Clouds". During that time, the Englishmen Rev. Clement Ley and Hon. Ralph Abercromby, were influential.
By Fair Means or Foul other versions were released under the Superior/Alligata name. All versions were released on cassette with all versions except the Electron also released on floppy disk. The game was then released as a budget title by Codemasters in 1990 under the new title "Pro Boxing Simulator" (to fit with its long-running series). Controversially, this version had the words "New Release" on the cassette cover which led to complaints when people bought the game not realising it was the same as "By Fair Means or Foul". Codemasters then reissued the game with the "New Release" box changed to "Previously known as 'Fair