 ... horse latitudes" are the belts of calms and light airs (§ 210) which border the polar edge of the northeast trades. They were so called from the circumstance that vessels formerly bound from New England to the West Indies, with a deck-load of horses,...  Sea Terms and Phrases in English and French ... - Page 139by Eugène Pornain - 1881 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - Ocean - 1855 - 304 pages
...England to the West Indies, with a deck load of horses, were often so delayed in this calm belt of Cancer, that, for the want of water for their animals,...were compelled to throw a portion of them overboard. 346. The "equatorial doldrums" is another of these calm places (§ 104). Besides being a region of... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1858 - 474 pages
...forsaken him; he has entered the ' doldrums,' and is under the * cloud-ring.' delayed in this calm belt of Cancer, that, for the want of water for their animals,...were compelled to throw a portion of them overboard. " Escaping from this gloomy region, and entering the south-east trades beyond, his spirits revive,... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - History - 1860 - 542 pages
...England to the West Indies, with a deck-load of horses, were often so delayed in this calm belt of Cancer, that, for the want of water for their animals,...portion of them overboard. The " equatorial doldrums" is another of these calm places (§ 212). Besides being a region of calms and baffling winds, it is... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - Marine meteorology - 1871 - 540 pages
...England to the West Indies, with a deck-load of horses, were often so delayed in this calm belt of Cancer, that, for the want of water for their animals,...portion of them overboard. The " equatorial doldrums" is another of these calm places (§ 212). Besides being a region of calms and baffling winds, it is... | |
 | William Samuel Wilson - 1880 - 316 pages
...England to the West Indies with a deck-load of horses were often so delayed in this calm-belt that for want of water for their animals they were compelled to throw a portion of them overboard." * The calm-belt of Cancer extends over about six degrees of latitude, and its position changing with the... | |
 | Frederick Alcock - South America - 1903 - 622 pages
...New England to the West Indies with a deck load of horses, were often so delayed in this calm belt of cancer, that, for the want of water for their animals, they were compelled to throw a number of them overboard. The ' equatorial doldrums ' is another of these calm places. Besides being... | |
 | Frederick Alcock - South America - 1907 - 638 pages
...New England to the West Indies with a deck load of horses, were often so delayed in this calm belt of Cancer, that, for the want of water for their animals, they were compelled to throw a number of them overboard. The 'equatorial doldrums' is another of these calm places. Besides being... | |
 | Meteorology - 1922 - 420 pages
...New England to the West Indies with a deck-load of horses were often so delayed in this calm belt of Cancer, that for the want of water for their animals,...were compelled to throw a portion of them overboard. An alternative interpretation of the term, which Commander LG Garbett tells us is " more familiar still... | |
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