An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms: By Means of Facts, Arranged According to Place and Time, and Hence to Point Out a Cause for the Variable Winds, with the View to Practical Use in Navigation (Classic Reprint)

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Having engaged to explain what I had learned regarding Tropical Hurricanes, in an article inserted in the 2nd volume of Professional Papers, ' printed by the Corps of Royal Engineers, I have become much interested with the subject; and believing it to be one of importance, am induced to attempt to direct public attention towards further investigation into the action of Nature in great storms.

The professional work above alluded to is approved and sanctioned by the master-general of the Ord nance; and designed, as a means, for collecting the scattered information obtained by the officers of engi acers in their various occupations, whilst serving in different parts of the world.

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