_THIRD EDITION._
(WITH ADDITIONS.)
LONDON:
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1859.
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Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
However, due to an omission in the original text, the anchor for
footnote #4 has been placed in an assumed position.
A brief table of contents, though not present in the original
publication, has been provided below:
PREFACE
HOW TO FORETELL WEATHER
MARINE BAROMETER ...
A contraction of rules for foretelling weather--in accordance with the
following pages--is submitted, for scales of common barometers.
RISE | FALL
|
FOR | FOR
|
N. ELY. | S. WLY.
NW.-N.-E. | SE.-S.-W.
|
DRY | WET
|
OR | OR
|
LESS | MORE
WIND. | WIND.
|
------ | ------
|
EXCEPT | EXCEPT
|
WET FROM | WET FROM
N. ED. | N. ED.
|
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Add one tenth for each hundred feet above the Sea.
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