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 Means or Foul'" and offered to refund anyone who had bought both versions of the game. Codemasters also converted the game to Amiga and Atari ST and these versions were released in 1991. Reviews were mixed. Electron User awarded the game 8/10, praising the fact it approaches boxing from a "different direction". Amstrad Action gave a score of 83%. Sinclair User gave a generally positive review picking out good points including "the wide variety of fighting moves, the decent sound effects and music, the comments from the crowd and the ref" but said the game was not "smooth or novel