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" ... above the horizon, and disappeared almost in a moment ; then in the same time made its appearance, and in five seconds was broken, and spread as far as the eye could see : from this time to midnight, blowing a most violent hurricane, with a must awful... "
The Philosophy of Storms - Page 234
by James Pollard Espy - 1841 - 552 pages
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The Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 10; Volume 21

Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...or 20 deg. above the horizon, and it disappeared almost in a moment. It then reappeared as suddenly, and in five seconds was broken, and spread as far as the eye could see. This " black squall" was described to Colonel Reid by Mr. Griffith " as the most appalling sight he...
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An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms by Means of Facts: Arranged ...

William Reid - Navigation - 1838 - 470 pages
...disappeared almost in a moment; then in the same time made its appearance, and in five seconds was hroken, and spread as far as the eye could see: from this time to midnight, hlowing a most violent hurricane, with a most awful cross sea hreaking constantly on hoard fore and...
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An attempt to develop the law of storms ... and hence to point out a cause ...

sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 pages
...disappeared almost in a moment ; then in the same time made its appearance, and in -re seconds was hroken, and spread as far as the eye could see : from this time to midnight, hlowing a most violent hurricane, with a most awful cross sea hreaking constantly on hoard fore and...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

Meteorology - 1839 - 938 pages
...perpendicular wall, about 15° or 20° above the horizon, and disappeared almost in a moment; then in the same time made its reappearance, and in five seconds...electric fluid; wind continued E. to ENE till noon of the 18th, with equal violence. In the afternoon it changed to SW, a little more moderate, but continued...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 23; Volume 27

Electronic journals - 1839 - 464 pages
...perpendicular wall, about 15° or 20° above the horizon, and disappeared almost in a moment; then in the same time made its reappearance, and in five seconds was broken, and spread as far as the eje could see; from this time to midnight blowing a most violent hurricane; much thunder and lightning,...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 35

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1839 - 630 pages
...or 20° above the horizon, and it disappeared almost in a moment. It then re-appeared as suddenly, and in five seconds was broken, and spread as far as the eye could see. This ' black squall' was described to Colonel Reid, by Mr. Griffith, ' as the • In lat. 16 degrees...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 10; Volume 21

Methodist Church - 1839 - 510 pages
...or 20 deg. above the horizon, and it disappeared almost in a moment. It then reappeared as suddenly, and in five seconds was broken, and spread as far as the eye could see. This " black squall" was described to Colonel Reid by Mr. Griffith " as the most appalling sight he...
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A Glance at the Physical Sciences; Or The Wonders of Nature,: In ..., Volume 1

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Astronomy - 1844 - 370 pages
...degrees above the horizon, and disappeared almost in a moment. It then reappeared as suddenly, and in 5 seconds was broken and spread as far as the eye could see. The narrator describes this as the most appalling sight which he had ever seen. An officer, on board...
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An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms: By Means of Facts, Arranged ...

William Reid - Hurricanes - 1846 - 626 pages
...above tlie horizon, and disappeared almost in a moment; then in the same time made its appearance, and in five seconds was broken, and spread as far as the eye cnuld see: from this time to midnight, blowing a most violent hurricane, with a most awful cross sea...
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The Sailor's Horn-book for the Law of Storms: Being a Practical Exposition ...

Henry Piddington - Marine meteorology - 1848 - 432 pages
...Duke of Manchester, which ship in a Cyclone in 32° North, 77° West, in the month of August, saw— as far as the eye could see: from this time to midnight, blowing a most violent hurricane with a most awful cross sea breaking constantly on board fore and aft." I have already alluded, p....
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