| William Henry Bayley Webster - Gravity - 1834 - 442 pages
...strata of the atmosphere, while the clouds above it are moving in the opposite direction from north-west to south-east. The northern horizon, as night advances,...violent, but of short duration, and fine weather ensues. These pamperos are very destructive to shipping, and frequently occasion wrecks and the loss of boats.... | |
| William Henry B. Webster - 1834 - 442 pages
...strata of the atmosphere, while the clouds above it are moving in the opposite direction from north-west to south-east. The northern horizon, as night advances,...violent, but of short duration, and fine weather ensues. These pamperos are very destructive to shipping, and frequently occasion wrecks and the loss of boats.... | |
| John Purdy - 1838 - 420 pages
...night advances, becomes dark with heavy lowering clouds, accompanied with lightning from East or NK The southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable...lightning becomes more vivid, and the thunder more aweful ; a gale of wind follows from the SW more violent, but of short duration, and fine weather ensues.... | |
| Charles Ellms - Shipwrecks - 1841 - 606 pages
...northward. Heavy clouds are thus brought over, and lightning, accompanied by thunder, follows, in a terrific manner. The wind veers gradually to the westward...lightning becomes more vivid, and the thunder more awful ; the gale now follows from the south-west. The lightning is beautifully colored, presenting the hues... | |
| John Purdy - Aids to navigation - 1844 - 534 pages
...night advances, becomes dark with heavy lowering clouds, accompanied with lightning from East or NE The southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable...thunder more awful ; a gale of wind follows from the SW more violent, but of short duration, and fine weather ensues. These pamperos are very destructive... | |
| Henry Piddington - Marine meteorology - 1848 - 432 pages
...advances, becomes dark, with heavy lowering clouds, accompanied with lightning from the East or XI"., The Southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable...violent gusts, the lightning becomes more vivid and thunder more awful, a gale of wind follows from the SW more violent, but of short duration, and fine... | |
| Henry Piddington - Marine meteorology - 1848 - 352 pages
...advances, becomes dark, with heavy lowering clouds, accompanied with lightning from the East or NE The Southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable...violent gusts, the lightning becomes more vivid and thunder more awful, a gale of wind follows from the SW more violent, but of short duration, and fine... | |
| Henry Piddington - Cyclones - 1851 - 430 pages
...advances, becomes dark, with heavy lowering clouds, accompanied with lightning from the East or NE The Southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable...lightning accompanied by thunder, follows in a most Iirri6c manner. The wind veers gradually to the Westward in violent gusts, the lightning becomes more... | |
| Henry Piddington - 1860 - 448 pages
...advances, becomes dark, with heavy lowering clouds, accompanicd with lightning from the East or NE The Southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable...accompanied by thunder, follows in a most terrific mauner. The wind veers gradually to the Westward in violent gusts, the lightning becomes more vivid... | |
| G. Jinman - Hurricanes - 1861 - 128 pages
...becomes dark, with heavy lowering clouds, accompanied with lightning from the E. or NE The southerly wind now ceases, and is followed by variable winds...thunder more awful ; a gale of wind follows from the SW, more violent, but of short duration, and fine weather begins." Now, what were these shifts from... | |
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