Interpreting 32bit floats that are stored in modbus registers as 16bit Integers

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Modbus stores floating point numbers using two consecutive 16-bit registers, which together form a 32-bit value. This method is based on the IEEE 754 standard for floating point representation.
The storage of floating point numbers in Modbus can be summarized as follows:

Register 1	Most Significant Word (MSW)	Holds the upper 16 bits of the 32-bit float
Register 2	Least Significant Word (LSW)	Holds the lower 16 bits of the 32-bit float

I am able to query the modbus registry fine, but I am not able to figure out how to combine the two 16bit values to get the real number.
I am also not able to find documentation or examples of this common scenario.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks!