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In latitudes lower than 20? N. the Atlantic hurricanes usually move towards the N.W. Taking the same positions of our ship with regard to the storms as in the two former examples, if the storm set in with the wind E. the proper proceeding is to bear away for the N.E., the most dangerous quadrant of the hurricane having overtaken the ship, the veering of the wind if she is lying-to will be E., E.S.E., S.E., with the lowest barometer S.S.E. and S. Should the storm set in at N.E., her position at the time will be some indication of the distance of the centre's track from the nearest land, and will greatly assist in determining the point at which the captain ought to lay-to after taking advantage of the N.E. wind, should he be able so to do, to bear away from the centre line, so as to avoid as much as possible the violence of the storm. From the proximity of the West Indian Islands to this locality of the storm-paths, the danger is proportionally increased.
HURRICANE MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
Axis line, wind E., barometer falling, first half of storm. Axis line, wind W., barometer rising, last half of storm.
RIGHT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind E.S.E., S.E., S.S.E., S., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind W.S.W., S.W., S.S.W., S., barometer rising, last half of storm.
LEFT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind E.N.E., N.E., N.N.E., N., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind W.N.W., N.W., N.N.W., N., barometer rising, last half of storm.
HURRICANE MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
Axis line, wind W., barometer falling, first half of storm. Axis line, wind E., barometer rising, last half of storm.
RIGHT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind W.N.W., N.W., N.N.W., N., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind E.N.E., N.E., N.N.E., N., barometer rising, last half of storm.
LEFT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind W.S.W., S.W., S.S.W., S., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind E.S.E., S.E., S.S.E., S,, barometer rising, last half of storm.
HURRICANE MOVING PROM WEST TO EAST.
Axis line, wind S., barometer falling, first half of storm. Axis line, wind N., barometer rising, last half of storm.
RIGHT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind S.S.W., S.W., W.S.W., W., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind N.N.W., N.W., W.N.W., W., barometer rising, last half of storm.
LEFT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind S.S.E., S.E., E.S.E., E., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind N.N.E., N.E., E.N.E., E., barometer rising, last half of storm.
HURRICANE MOVING FROM NORTH-WEST TO SOUTH-EAST.
Axis line, wind S.W., barometer falling, first half of storm. Axis line, wind N.E., barometer rising, last half of storm.
RIGHT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind W.S.W., W., W.N.W., N.W., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind N.N.E., N., N.N.W., N.W., barometer rising, last half of storm.
LEFT-HAND SEMICIRCLE.
Wind S.S.W., S., S.S.E., S.E., barometer falling, first half of storm. Wind E.N.E., E., E.S.E., S.E., barometer rising, last half of storm.
PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STANFORD STREET. FOOTNOTES:
This table is also applicable to the hurricanes in the neighbourhood of Mauritius in the southern hemisphere, where all the phaenomena are reversed; the motion of the hurricanes being towards the S.W., and the rotation in the direction of the hands of a watch, the same barometric and anemonal phaenomena are experienced as in a hurricane in the northern hemisphere moving towards the N.E.
These papers may be obtained from Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company, No. 7, Leadenhall Street, London.
Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1846, p. 139.
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