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CONTAINING
THE TRUE LAW OF LUNAR INFLUENCE,
WITH
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE NAVIGATOR, TO ENABLE HIM
APPROXIMATELY TO CALCULATE THE COMING
CHANGES OF THE WIND AND WEATHER,
FOR ANY GIVEN DAY, AND FOR
ANY PART OF THE OCEAN.
Ἡ δε μεσοτης εν πασιν ασφαλεϛερα
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON & COMPANY,
346 & 348 BROADWAY,
AND 16 LITTLE BRITAIN, LONDON.
1854.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
T. BASSNETT,
In the Clerk’s Office of the Southern District of New York.
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Present State of the Science of Meteorology—Primordial Condition of theSolar System—Theory of Gravitation the great key of Nature—Bessell’sdoubts of its perfect adequacy—the Newtonian Vacuum: itsdifficulties—Nature of the element called Ether—The Medium of Spaceand the Electric Fluid—Ponderosity of Matter—Dynamical law ofEquilibrium—Specific heat and its relation to space—A Plenum notopposed to Gravitation—The medium of space in motion—Formation ofVortices—A new principle developed—Elements of the problem—Hutton’stheory of the production of rain—Indications of change and thecause—Action of the Ethereal Current—Physical process of AtmosphericDerangement—Redfield’s theory of Storms: its difficulties—All stormsare of brief duration and limited extent. | 13 |
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Mechanical action of the Moon—The Moon’s mass—Axis of the TerralVortex affected by the Moon: its inclination and position: itsdisplacement—An example of the principle—Correctionsnecessary—Milwaukie storm—New York storm—Ottawa storm—Liverpoolstorm—Names and recurring order of the storm-producing agents—Recordof the weather—Second New York storm. | 58 |
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