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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AETICLE It Fibbt Division, Section 2. HYDROGRAPHY. By the late Rear-admiral F. W. BEECHEY, R.N. (United by Captain Washington, R.N.) Making a Passage. The observer's attention is directed first to those objects which affect the passage of a vessel from one part of the globe to another; such as the movement, the duration, the limits, and the periodic occurrences of those great currents of the atmosphere and of the ocean, upon which the speedy and successful issue of a passage mainly depends. Well recorded and established facts bearing upon the several points connected with these inquiries are highly important to navigation, and may be collected by every assiduous seaman in the ordinary course of his duties. 1. It is well known that in various parts of the globe there exist monsoons, and zones of trade and variable winds: and that these and other disturbances of the atmosphere which influence the surface of the ocean are the principal causes of the many currents which sweep over the face of the earth. The effect of these upon a vessel passing to and fro is one of the most useful inquiries a seaman can make; and as both (wind and current) perform an important part in the economy of nature, an additional interest attaches to a correct knowledge of them. The seaman should therefore not only carefully note the direction and force of the winds, but should connect with such entries notices as to when and where any continued or periodic wind commenced and terminated; what was its strength and effect upon the passage; whether it came on suddenly, and was furious while it lasted, or otherwise; whether it was preceded by any particular symptoms, and whether it was such as usually occurs at that season; and lastly, whether it be advisable to cross this wind in any par...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217432023
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 150
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217432026
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 281 gr


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