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A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy: With Notes Containing the ... - Page 121
by John Rowning - 1744
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Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - Asia - 1705 - 398 pages
...-...- -!.:T"' '.•'-• . 7- That . ' 7:That thefe contraryWinds do not fhift all at once, but in fbme places the time of the change is attended with Calms,...others with variable Winds ; and it is particularly remarkable, that the'end of the Wefterly Monfoon on the Coaft of Coromandel^ and the two laft Months...
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Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal ..., Volume 1

Edmond Halley, Royal Society (Great Britain) - History of science and technology - 1705 - 390 pages
...a Month or fis Weeks later. , . ,, 7 .That thefe contrary Winds donotfhiftall at once, but in fbme places the time of the change is attended with Calms, in others with variable W^nds ; and it is particularly remarkable, thafj the end of the Wefterly Monfion on the Coaft of Coromandel^...
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Miscellanea Curiosa: Containing a Collection of Some of the ..., Volume 1

Edmond Halley, Richard Mead - Astronomy - 1708 - 430 pages
...fame as in fhe clinefe Seas, but about a Month or fix Week* 77. That thefe contrary Winds do not fhift all at once, but in fome places the time of the Change...attended with Calms, in others with variable Winds j and it is particularly remarkable, that the end of the Wefterly Monfoon on the^Coaft of Coromandel,...
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Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year ..., Volume 2

Royal Society (Great Britain) - Science - 1722 - 956 pages
...in the Cbinefe Seas, but about a Month or б Weeks later. 7. That thefe contrary Winds do not fhift all at once, but in fome places the time of the Change...attended with Calms, in others with Variable Winds j and it is particularly remarkable, that the End of the Wefterly Monfoon on the Coaft of Coromandel,...
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Philosophia Britannica: Or, A New & Comprehensive System of the Newtonian ...

Benjamin Martin - Science - 1747 - 574 pages
...later. 1 4. The Shifting of thefe contrary Winds, or Monfoons, js not all at once ; and in fome^Places the Time of the Change is attended with Calms, in others with 'variable Winds, and particularly thofe of China, at ceafmg to be Wefterly, are yery fubjeft to be tempeftuous ; and fuch...
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The Practical Navigator, and Seaman's New Daily Assistant: Being an Epitome ...

John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1791 - 578 pages
...are quite as variable. Thefe contrary Winds do not ihift from one Point to its oppofite all at once ; in fome Places the Time of the Change is attended with Calms, in cthers by variable Winds ; and it often happens on the Shores of Coromandel arjd China, towards the...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 12, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 424 pages
...ocean. Thefc latter are what we call monfoom. The fhifting of thefe monfoona is not all at once ; and in fome places the time of the change is attended with calms, in others with variable winds, and particularly thofe of China, at ceafing to be wefterly, are very fubjeft to be tempeiluous ; and fuch...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge, Volume 15

Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1806 - 774 pages
...this ocean. Thefe latter are what we call monfoons. The mifting of thefe monfoons is not all at once ; in fome places the time of the change is attended with calms, in others with variable winds, and particularly thofe of China, at ceafing to be wefterly, are very apt to be tempeftuous ; and fuch is...
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation: to ...

John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 676 pages
...are quite as variable. Thafe contrary winds do not ihift from one point to its oppofite all at once: in fome places the time of the change is attended with calms ; in others by variable winds ; and it ofren happens on the ihores of Coromandel and China, towards the end of...
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation to which ...

John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 586 pages
...are quite as variable. Thefe contrary winds do not ihift from one point to its oppofite all at once: in fome places the time of the change is attended with calms ; in others by variable winds ; and it often happens on the inores of Coromandel and China, towards the end of...
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