Excellent article from Ruth Dixon, who I had the pleasure to meet at the Oxford Union debate recently. The historical context of climate debate revealed.
“… who, by altering the surface of the earth has changed the course of the atmosphere and thence the influence of the seasons.” Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux, “Observation sur la sécheresse actuelle, ses causes, et les moyens de prévenir la progression de ce fléau,” Moniteur Universel, 26 August 1800.
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Lawrence Solomon also has a useful historical context article up recently at the Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/04/18/lawrence-solomon/.
have you seen this… http://omnologos.com/ad-1764-1791-the-first-climate-change-and-geoengineering-acts/