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MARINE METEOROLOGY, FOR OFFICERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY.
By WILLIAM ALLINGHAM,
Joint Author of "Navigation, Theoretical and Practical."
With numerous Plates, Maps, Diagrams, and Illustrations, and a facsimile Reproduction of a Page from an actual Meteorological Log-Book.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
Introductory.—Instruments Used at Sea for Meteorological Purposes.—Meteorological Log-Books.—Atmospheric Pressure.—Air Temperatures.—Sea Temperatures.—Winds.—Wind Force Scales.—History of the Law of Storms.—Hurricanes, Seasons, and Storm Tracks.—Solution of the Cyclone Problem.—Ocean Currents.—Icebergs.—Synchronous Charts.—Dew, Mists, Fogs, and Haze.—Clouds.—Rain, Snow, and Hail.—Mirage, Rainbows, Coronas, Halos, and Meteors.—Lightning, Corposants, and Auroras.—Questions.—Appendix.—Index.
"Quite the best publication, AND certainly the most interesting, on this subject ever presented to Nautical men."—Shipping Gazette.
*** For Complete List of Griffin's Nautical Series, see p. 39.