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The Hurricane Guide
William Radcliff Birt
A hurricane is a wheel of wind, and William Birt taught sailors to read it. Connecting the revolving storm to atmospheric waves, he offers practical directions for finding and avoiding the deadly center. Early meteorology aimed squarely at survival at sea. A guide that once saved ships and lives. Learn the shape of the storm before it finds you on the water.
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45 chapters
- 1THE HURRICANE GUIDE:
- 2BEING
- 3AN ATTEMPT TO CONNECT THE
- 4ROTATORY GALE OR REVOLVING STORM
- 5WITH
- 6ATMOSPHERIC WAVES.
- 7INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBSERVING THE PHÆNOMENA OF THE WAVES AND STORMS;
- 8PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR AVOIDING THE CENTRES OF THE LATTER.
- 9WILLIAM RADCLIFF BIRT.
- 10PREFACE.
- 11CONTENTS.
- 12NOTICE.
- 13THE HURRICANE GUIDE.
- 14CHAPTER I.
- 15PHÆNOMENA OF REVOLVING STORMS.
- 16LOWER LATITUDES.
- 17HIGHER LATITUDES.
- 18RIGHT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
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