Henry Piddington
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Henry Piddington (1797–1858) was an English-Indian scientist and marine Captain in East India and China who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms, referring to a storm that blew a freighter in circles in Mauritius in February of 1845.
Piddington also wrote many scientific papers about geology, mineralogy, and meteorology in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
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- The Horn-book for the Law of Storms for the Indian and China Seas, 1844
- The Sailor's Horn-book for the Law of Storms, 1848