The Philosophy Of Storms

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...and blew till twelve, M. "At Charleston, S. C. on the 16th, the gale was from the S. E. and E. till four, P. M., then N. E., and round to IS." W. "At Wilmington, N. C, the wind was from the E., and veered subsequently to the W. In the interior of North Carolina, the storm was felt at Fayetteville.. "In the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, at sea, the storm was very heavy from the S. E. and shifted to N. W. "A vessel bound from New York to Hayti, in the middle or outer part of the Gulf stream, about lat. 33, Ion. 72," experienced the gale moderately from the S. W. and S. S. W., but with a heavy sea from a very westerly direction, and is supposed to have been on the outer margin of the storm. "Another vessel, at about the same distance from the coast, experienced similar effects. "Early on the morning of the 17th, the gale was felt severely at Norfolk, and also in Chesapeake Bay from the N. E. "Off the Capes of Virginia, on the 17th, in lat. 36 2V, Ion. 74 2', 'a perfect hurricane, ' from S. to S. S. E., from 5, A. M., to 2, P. M., then shifted to N. W. "On the 19th, (17th?) in lat. 37 SO', Ion. 74 30', near the coast of Virginia, the gale was severe at E. N. E., and changed to W. N. W. "Off Chincoteague, Md., precise distance from the coast unknown, the gale was severe between S. S. E. and N. N. E. "Off the coast of Delaware, in lat. 38, Ion. 72, 'tremendous gale, ' commencing at S. E., at 1, P. M., on the 17th, and blowing six hours, then changed to N. W. "At Cape May, N. J., the gale was N. E. Off Cape May, in lat. 39, Ion. 74 15', heavy gale from E. N. E. on the afternoon of the 17th of August. "Near Egg Harbor, coast of New Jersey, the gale was heavy at N. E. on the same...

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Excerpt from The Philosophy of Storms I say necessary, for, if my doctrine is true, it is infinitely useful: and therefore it became my duty, for the sake of mankind, to use every means in my power to obtain for it a fair and impartial examination, which it was obviously not likely to obtain, while it lay under the imputation of being rejected after examination by the scientific world. I hope, now, that so far as authority is concerned, I stand on at least as high ground as my opponents. Let the theory stand or fall according to its own merits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.