| John Purdy - Pilots and pilotage - 1822 - 276 pages
..." In the vicinity of the Cape Bank, and in most parts of the southern hemisphere, the mercury rise* with southerly, and falls with northerly, winds; these,...to rise. This ought to be kept in remembrance ; for I have several times, when the wind was from SE, observed the mercury to fall considerably before it... | |
| John Purdy - Aids to navigation - 1844 - 534 pages
...Cape Bank, and in most parts of the southern hemisphere, the mercury rises with southerly, and fulls with northerly, winds; these, proceeding from a warmer...to rise. This ought to be kept in remembrance ; for I have several times, when the wind was from SE, observed the mercury to fall considerably before it... | |
| John Purdy - Africa - 1855 - 634 pages
..." In the vicinity of the Cape Bank, and in most parts of the southern hemisphere, the mercury rues with southerly, and falls with northerly, winds ;...to rise. This ought to be kept in remembrance ; for I have several times, »hen the wind «as from SE, observed the mercury to fall considerably before... | |
| Alfred Dundas Taylor - Navigation - 1874 - 790 pages
...in most parts of the S. hemisphere, the mercury rises with S. and falls with N. winds ; these last proceeding from a warmer atmosphere, are more rarefied,...consequently the mercury falls in the barometer, whereas S. winds coming from the frozen regions near the pole are more dense, and cause the mercury to rise.... | |
| Commodore M. C. Perry - History - 2000 - 682 pages
...warmer atmosphere are much rarefied, consequently the mercury falls in the barometer, whereas northerly winds coming from the frozen regions near the pole...ought to be kept in remembrance, for, when the wind is from southeast,” continues Horsburgh, “I have several times observed the mercury to fall considerably... | |
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