 | Naval art and science - 1864 - 904 pages
...breathless, but speaking stillness. Its general source is between North and NE, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain at intervals. But the Bora, most feared and with justice, is that which blows in sudden gusts for three days, subsides,... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - Great Britain - 1836 - 730 pages
...Austrian corvette, was met by one, while under all sail, and instantly foundered with all hands." nero, where it rushes down the whole line of the Julian...encountered without much barometrical indication." OFFICER OF THE WATCH. PRELIMINARY REMARKS. PREVIOUSLY to enumerating the several duties assigned to... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Mediterranean Region - 1854 - 544 pages
...breathless, but speaking stillness. Its general source is between north and northeast, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain, at intervals : but the bora most feared, and with justice, is that which blows in sudden gusts for three days, subsides,... | |
 | Lorin Blodget - Science - 1857 - 602 pages
...breathless, speaking stillness. Its general source is between north and northeast, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...thunder, lightning, and rain, at intervals." These storms are usually accompanied with a fall of the barometer, and Admiral Smyth regards this indication... | |
 | William Falconer - Bible - 1872 - 142 pages
...breathless but speaking stillness. Its general source is between north and north-east, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain, at intervals ; but the Bora most feared, and with justice, is that which blows in sudden gusts for three days, then... | |
 | William Falconer - 1872 - 134 pages
...breathless but speaking stillness. Its general source is between north and north-east, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain, at intervals ; but the Bora most feared, and with justice, is that which blows in sudden gusts for three days, then... | |
 | William Marcet - 1883 - 444 pages
...breathless but speaking stillness. It generally blows from between north and north-east, and continues about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy squalls...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain at intervals. Sometimes it blows in sudden gusts for three days, subsides, and then resumes its former force for... | |
 | William Marcet - Europe - 1883 - 450 pages
...breathless but speaking stillness. It generally blows from between north and north-east, and continues about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy squalls...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain at intervals. Sometimes it blows in sudden gusts for three days, subsides, and then resumes its former force for... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1888 - 704 pages
...this wind on all vegetation. Its general direction is between north and northeast, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain at intervals. But the Bora most feared, and with justice, is that which blows in sudden gusts for three days, subsides,... | |
 | Richard Marriotte Pugsley - Tides - 1916 - 144 pages
...this wind on all vegetation. Its general direction is between north and northeast, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy...terrible thunder, lightning, and rain at intervals. But the Bora most feared, and with justice, is that which blows in sudden gusts for three days, subsides,... | |
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Its general source is between north and northeast, and its most usual continuance about fifteen or twenty hours, with heavy squalls, and terrible thunder, lightning, and rain, at intervals : but the bora most feared, and with justice, is that which blows... 