Hello Herman,

 MvdV>> Minnaert's "de natuurkunde van het vrije veld" is a
 MvdV>> textbook on outdoor physics.

 > What's "outdoor physics"?!

The best way is to read the book.;-)

Peter Dier once told us what the name of the English version. I don't
recall and I can't find it any more.

It is the physics that is relevant for observation in the open field.
Clouds, dew, rainbows, that kind of things.

Having read your commenbt, I think it does not qualify as a textbook after
all. It is a standard work, still referenced a lot despite the fact that it
is almost as old as me, but it was not intended as basis for a course.

Surely you have heard of Minnaert have you?

Cheers, Michiel

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