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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
An Introductory Chapter.-How this Inquiry originated.
- Franklin's North-east Storms.-Capper's Whirl-
winds.-Redfield's Progressive Gyratory Storms.-
Rise and Fall of the Barometer.
CHAPTER II.
Storms traced by Redfield.-Storm of September, 1821.
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Barbados Hurricane, September 3, 1835.-Another a
Antigua, August 12th, 1835.- Hurricanes not caused
by the Islands.-Ground Swells explained.-A Rota-
tory Gale.
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CHAPTER V.
On the Hurricanes of 1837.-Five Storms traced in close
succession.-How these point out a Cause for the
Variable Winds
CHAPTER VI.
On Storms in the Southern Hemisphere.-They revolve in the contrary manner to North Latitude.-Ships
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may overtake Storms.-That there are Hurricanes in
the Pacific Ocean.-Mauritius Hurricanes of 1818,
1819, 1824, 1834, and 1836.-Two Storms, which
were very disastrous to East India Fleets under
Convoy of the Albion and Culloden, in 1808 and
1809.-Mauritius Gales of 1811.-The Blenheim's
Storm, &c.-Barometrical Records
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CHAPTER VII.
On Typhoons in the China Sea, and on the Hurricanes
of India.-Extraordinary Change of the Barometer at
Canton and Macao.-Capper's Whirlwinds.-Pondi-
cherry Hurricane of 1760-1.-The Bay of Bengal
Hurricanes. Remarkable Fall of the Barometer
CHAPTER VIII.
The Hurricanes of 1780.-That which destroyed Savanna-
la-Mar, 3rd of October.-The Great Barbados Hurri-
cane, 10th of October.-Solano's Storm, and of the
Winds called Norths.
CHAPTER IX.
On Storms in High Latitudes.-The Cause of the Baro-
meter falling, with a Southerly Wind in the Northern
Hemisphere, and with a Northerly Wind in the
Southern Hemisphere, explained.-Easterly Storms
in Ireland and Westerly of the Coasts of Portugal, in
the middle of February, 1838.-The way in which
Storms appear to pass over the British Islands.—The
Lighthouse and Coast-guard Reports. Logs, &c.,
from the Lisbon Squadron.-Mediterranean Storms.
-The Storms of 1838.-Effect of Storms on Chain
Bridges.-The Bermuda Hurricane of 1839
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CHAPTER X.
On Measuring the Wind's Force.-Captain Beaufort's
Table for denoting the Force of the Wind and the
State of the Weather
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CHAPTER XI.
On Waterspouts and the Smaller Whirlwinds.-Moving
Columns of Sand.-On the Fall of Fish on Land . 461
CHAPTER XII.
CONCLUDING CHAPTER.
Tornadoes on the West Coast of Africa; Pamperos; the
Barometer; the Rollers at St. Helena and Ascension;
the Ripplings in the Straits of Malacca.-Rule for
laying Ships to in Hurricanes
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APPENDIX.
Popular Explanation of the Barometer and Sympiesometer 519
General Index
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HAP. I.
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