Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson's father was responsible for what significant weather-related invention

  1. The Stevenson Screen

  2. The Stevenson cloud

  3. Louis Cloud

  4. Steve effect
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Explanation

Robert Louis Stevenson's father, Thomas Stevenson, was a lighthouse engineer who invented the Stevenson Screen - a meteorological instrument shelter used to shield temperature instruments from direct sunlight and precipitation. This invention remains crucial for accurate weather readings today.

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