The Mercantile marine magazine and nautical record, Volumen71860 |
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Página 53 - I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, with the inclosures from Messrs.
Página 249 - THE sea is a jovial comrade. He laughs wherever he goes; His merriment shines in the dimpling lines That wrinkle his hale repose; He lays himself down at the feet of the Sun, And shakes all over with glee, And the broad-backed billows fall faint on the shore, In the mirth of the mighty Sea!
Página 349 - High upper clouds crossing the sun, moon, or stars, in a direction different from that of the lower clouds, or the wind then felt below, foretell a change of wind toward their direction.
Página 348 - Whether clear or cloudy, a rosy sky at sunset presages fine weather ; a red sky in the morning bad weather, or much wind (perhaps rain) ; a grey sky in the morning, fine weather ; a high dawn, wind ; a low dawn, fair weather.
Página 347 - ... 3. The strength or force alone of wind, from any quarter (moisture and direction being unchanged), is preceded or foretold by a fall or rise, according as the strength will be greater or less, ranging in an extreme case to more than two inches.
Página 348 - Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes; hard-edged, oily-looking clouds, wind. A dark, gloomy, blue sky is windy ; but a light, bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally, the softer clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps, more rain) may be expected ; and the harder, more ' greasy,' rolled, tufted, or ragged, the stronger the coming wind will prove.
Página 348 - After very warm and calm weather, a storm or squall, with rain, may follow; likewise at any time when the atmosphere is heated much above the usual temperature of the season. Allowance should invariably be made for the previous state of the glasses during some days, as well as some hours, because their indications may be affected by different causes, or by changes close at hand.
Página 231 - From these three heads we are brought down directly to speak of the particular storm before us ; viz., the greatest, the longest in duration, the widest in extent, of all the tempests and storms that history gives any account of since the beginning of time. In the farther conduct of the story, it will not be foreign to the purpose, nor unprofitable to the reader, to review the histories of ancient time and remote countries, and examine in what manner God has been pleased to execute his judgments...
Página 347 - Three causes (at least) appear to affect the barometer : — 1. The direction of the wind — the north-east wind tending to raise it most ; the south-west to lower it the most, and wind from points of the compass between them proportionally as they are nearer one or the other extreme point. NE and SW may therefore be called the wind-s extreme bearings (rather than poles). The range or difference of height shown due to change of direction only...
Página 349 - ... change is probable. Dew is an indication of fine weather, so is fog. Neither of these two formations occur under an overcast sky, or when there is much wind. One sees fog occasionally rolled away as it were by wind, but seldom or never formed while it is blowing.