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Beaufort Scale is used to measure ________

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Beaufort Scale is used to measure Wind velocity. Beaufort scale, in full Beaufort wind force scale, scale devised in 1805 by Commander (later Admiral and Knight Commander of the Bath) Francis Beaufort of the British navy for observing and classifying wind force at sea.
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