BOARD OF TRADE.
1859.
THIRD EDITION.
(WITH ADDITIONS.)
LONDON:
PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.
AND SOLD BY
J. D. POTTER, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31, POULTRY,
AND 11, KING STREET, TOWER HILL.
1859.
Price One Shilling.
Transcriber's Note
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.Due to an omission in the original text, the anchor forfootnote #4 has been placed in an assumed position.
A brief table of contents, though not present in the originalpublication, has been provided below:
A contraction of rules for foretelling weather—in accordancewith the following pages—is submitted, for scales of commonbarometers.
| RISE | FALL |
| FOR | FOR |
| N. Ely. NW.-N.-E. | S. Wly. SE.-S.-W. |
| DRY | WET |
| OR | OR |
| LESS WIND. | MORE WIND. |
| ———— | ———— |
| EXCEPT | EXCEPT |
| WET FROM N. Ed. | WET FROM N. Ed. |
Add one tenth for each hundred feet above the Sea.
Many persons have advocated placing barometers at exposedfishing villages; and the Board of Trade has sanctioned theprinciple of some assistance by Government to a limited extent,depending on the necessity of each case, and other contingencies,such as the care, publicity, and setting of the barometers.
It was thought advisable to substitute a few words on thescales of these instruments in place