AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP THE LAW OF STORMS BY MEANS OF FACTS. ACCORDING TO PLACE AND TIME; AND HENCE TO POINT OUT A CAUSE OF THE VARIABLE WINDS, WITH THE VIEW TO PRACTICAL USE IN NAVIGATION |
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... blowing at the opposite point to which they commence . The following figure shows that this will occur if they are progressive whirlwinds . W N E о I. In the last figure , such a whirlwind coming 6 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... blowing at the opposite point to which they commence . The following figure shows that this will occur if they are progressive whirlwinds . W N E о I. In the last figure , such a whirlwind coming 6 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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... blown in direction . One of the most remarkable facts recorded of the Hurricane hurricane of 1821 is , that in the ... blowing furiously from the south ; whilst , at the same moment , it was unroofing houses at New York from the north ...
... blown in direction . One of the most remarkable facts recorded of the Hurricane hurricane of 1821 is , that in the ... blowing furiously from the south ; whilst , at the same moment , it was unroofing houses at New York from the north ...
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... blowing with violence at 5 P.M .; continued with great fury for three hours , and then changed to the W. More damage was sustained in two hours than was ever before witnessed in the city ; the wind increasing in the afternoon . The ...
... blowing with violence at 5 P.M .; continued with great fury for three hours , and then changed to the W. More damage was sustained in two hours than was ever before witnessed in the city ; the wind increasing in the afternoon . The ...
Sivu 18
... blowing a strong wholesome breeze , but the appearance to the south continuing dull and heavy ; the sea was smooth again , and we seemed to have outrun the southerly swell . At noon , lat . 37 ° 58 ' , long . 69 ° 23 ′ , we were still ...
... blowing a strong wholesome breeze , but the appearance to the south continuing dull and heavy ; the sea was smooth again , and we seemed to have outrun the southerly swell . At noon , lat . 37 ° 58 ' , long . 69 ° 23 ′ , we were still ...
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... blowing from the south at Barbados . Morning before the storm . Noon . 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. wind NNE . The following account of the Barbados hurricane of 1831 is taken from that published at Bridgetown in that island ...
... blowing from the south at Barbados . Morning before the storm . Noon . 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. wind NNE . The following account of the Barbados hurricane of 1831 is taken from that published at Bridgetown in that island ...
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anchor August August 18 August 21 Barbados barometer Bermuda blew blowing breezes and cloudy breezes and squally brig calm Captain Carlisle Bay CHAP Chart close-reefed cloudy weather deck distance Ditto ditto Ditto weather east eastward Extract fore fore-topsail foresail furled gales and squally Hard gales hard squalls heavy gale heavy rain heavy sea heavy squalls Hour hurricane Island Jamaica K. F. Courses larboard latitude leagues Light airs Light breezes Log of H. M. S. longitude main-topsail mainsail March March 15 masts Mauritius Midnight miles mizen Moderate breezes Noon north-east north-west observed October October 12 P.M. Fresh breezes P.M. Light P.M. Moderate Port Louis pumps reefed Remarks sail south-east south-west spritsail staysail storm Strong breezes swell sympiesometer tack Ther topsails trysail Variable vessel VIII violent waterspout wind veering wore ship wreck yards СНАР
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Sivu 464 - It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger, and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness that it was with some difficulty I could overtake them.
Sivu 143 - ... that the great circuits of wind, of which the Trade Winds form an integral part, are nearly uniform in all the great oceanic basins ; and that the course of these circuits and of the stormy gyrations which they may contain, is in the Southern hemisphere, in a counter-direction to those North of the equator; producing a corresponding difference in the general phases of storms and winds in the two hemispheres.
Sivu 26 - The gigantic waves rolling onwards seemed as if they would defy all obstruction ; yet as they broke over the careenage they seemed to be lost, the surface of it being entirely covered with floating wrecks of every description. It was an undulating body of lumber* — shingles, staves, barrels, trusses of hay, and every kind of merchandise of a buoyant nature.
Sivu 515 - The mercury is sustained in the tube by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the fluid in the...
Sivu 298 - It blows a little, and has a very ugly look : if in any other quarter but this, I should say we were going to have a gale of wind.'—'Ay, it looks so very often here when there is no wind at all; however, don't hoist the topsails till it clears a little ; there is no trusting any country.
Sivu 26 - The moment after this singular alternation of lightning, the hurricane again burst from the western points with violence prodigious beyond description, hurling before it thousands of missiles — the fragments of every unsheltered structure of human art. The strongest houses were caused to vibrate to their foundations, and the surface of the very earth trembled as the destroyer raged over it. No thunder was at any time distinctly heard.
Sivu 26 - The horrible roar and yelling of the wind, the noise of the ocean, whose frightful waves threatened the town with the destruction of all that the other elements might spare — the clattering of tiles, the falling of roofs and walls, and the combination of a thousand other sounds, formed a hideous and appalling din. No adequate idea of the sensations which then distracted and confounded the faculties can possibly be conveyed to those who were distant from the scene of terror.
Sivu 464 - NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Sivu 458 - As soon as we were within its influence, a gust of wind obliged us to take in every sail, and the topsails, which could not be furled in time, were in danger of splitting. The wind blew with great violence, momentarily changing its direction, as if it were sweeping round in short spirals : the rain which fell in torrents was also precipitated in curves, with short intervals of cessation. Amidst this thick shower, the waterspout was discovered, extending in a tapering form, from a dense stratum of...
Sivu 464 - At one o'clock we alighted among some acacia-trees at Waadi el Halboub, having gone twenty-one miles. We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from w.