This man survived the wreck of the Vansittart, which was carrying over ninety thousand pounds' worth of treasure.
This man survived the wreck of the Vansittart, which was carrying over ninety thousand pounds' worth of treasure. This scientist drilled troops on how to operate Ireland's first optical telegraph service, a system developed by his brother-in-law Richard Lovell Edgeworth.  He wrote a book titled Karamania after he was wounded while conducting a hydrographic survey of Syria and Turkey in the HMS Frederickssteen.  This man improved on systems devised by lighthouse engineer John Smeaton and the Dutchman Jan Noppen.  One system invented by this man used the symbol "fg" to represent (*) "foggy" and "sq" to denote "squally" among its 29 symbols.  A system he created was originally based on the effects of a certain phenomenon on a fully rigged man-of-war and was first used on the Beagle expedition.  That same system assigned a score of 0 to calm and 13 to storm.  For 10 points, identify this namesake of a wind scale.
This man survived the wreck of the Vansittart, which was carrying over ninety thousand pounds' worth of treasure.
Francis Beaufort 