Luke Howard And the invention of clouds Luke Howard: 1772-1864 Precursors to Howard 1660s: Robert Hooke âWatrâdâ âWavedâ âCheckerâdâ âHazyâ âHairyâ 1780s: Royal…
He also used prefixes and suffixes to further define the many other cloud types that he observed. Alto- (al-to-) means high, cirro- (cir-ro-) are ice crystal clouds, and…