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... HURRICANE OF AUGUST , 1837 177 III . MAURITIUS STORM OF MARCH , 1809 ib . وو IV . TRACKS OF WEST INDIA HURRICANES وو To face page 178 V. STORM OF JUNE 3-5 , 1839 , BAY OF BENGAL 189 99 VI . TRACKS OF TYPHOONS , CHINA SEAS وو 192 Errata ...
... HURRICANE OF AUGUST , 1837 177 III . MAURITIUS STORM OF MARCH , 1809 ib . وو IV . TRACKS OF WEST INDIA HURRICANES وو To face page 178 V. STORM OF JUNE 3-5 , 1839 , BAY OF BENGAL 189 99 VI . TRACKS OF TYPHOONS , CHINA SEAS وو 192 Errata ...
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... hurricanes , or , as Piddington calls them , cyclones ; and lastly , rotatory storms of smaller dimensions being termed trombs . ( We have succeeded , by the help of the Law of Gyration , ' in referring the Trade - winds ( whose ...
... hurricanes , or , as Piddington calls them , cyclones ; and lastly , rotatory storms of smaller dimensions being termed trombs . ( We have succeeded , by the help of the Law of Gyration , ' in referring the Trade - winds ( whose ...
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... hurricanes , and render the navigation of these parts very unsafe about that time of the year . These tempests are by our seamen usually termed the breaking - up of the monsoons . Capper ( Observations on the Winds and Monsoons , London ...
... hurricanes , and render the navigation of these parts very unsafe about that time of the year . These tempests are by our seamen usually termed the breaking - up of the monsoons . Capper ( Observations on the Winds and Monsoons , London ...
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... hurricane ; afterwards it veers to NW . again and turns to W. , and dies away when it gets to SW . ' 1827. 13th March . Bay of Islands ( Lat . S. 35 ° , Long . 171 ° E. ) . The wind , which was high from NNW . and NW . , goes 6 round to ...
... hurricane ; afterwards it veers to NW . again and turns to W. , and dies away when it gets to SW . ' 1827. 13th March . Bay of Islands ( Lat . S. 35 ° , Long . 171 ° E. ) . The wind , which was high from NNW . and NW . , goes 6 round to ...
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... hurricanes . There are , however , some exceptions to this rule . It some- times happens on the west coast of France , and in very high latitudes , that the wind , after a calm , commences from the S. ( N. ) , then shifts to SE . ( NE ...
... hurricanes . There are , however , some exceptions to this rule . It some- times happens on the west coast of France , and in very high latitudes , that the wind , after a calm , commences from the S. ( N. ) , then shifts to SE . ( NE ...
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