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" WIND 0 Calm. 1 Light Air 2 Light Breeze 3 Gentle Breeze 4 Moderate Breeze 5 Fresh Breeze 6 Strong Breeze — 7 Moderate Gale 8 Fresh Gale 9 Strong Gale 10 Whole Gale... "
The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with ... - Page 386
1835
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Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York

University of the State of New York. Board of Regents - 1842 - 638 pages
...month, at the Island of Chusan. JAN NARY, 1841. EXPLANATIONS. Figures to denote the force of the Wind. 0. Calm. 1. Light air. 2. Light breeze. 3. Gentle breeze. 4. Moderate breeze. 5. Freah breeze. 6. Strong breeze. 7. Moderate gale. Letters to denote the state of the Weather. b. Blue...
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Report of the ... and ... Meetings of the British ..., Volume 30, Part 1860

British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1861 - 604 pages
...similar as could be found. The force of wind is expressed in our logs by numbers, as follows: — 0, for calm ; 1, light air; 2, light breeze ; 3, gentle breeze ; 4, moderate breeze ; 5, fresh topgallant breeze ; 6, strong single-reefed topsail breeze ; 7, moderate gale, or doublereefed topsails;...
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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage ..., Volume 1

Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross - 1835 - 496 pages
...3. Gentle breeze \ with all sail set, and clean full, 4. Moderate breeze j would go in smooth water, 5. Fresh breeze 6. Strong breeze 7. Moderate gale 8. Fresh gale 9. Strong gale or that which a well-condition>-ed man of war would carry in< chase full and by, 1 to 2 knots. 3 to...
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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage ..., Volume 2

Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross - 1835 - 474 pages
...^5 to 6 knots. Royals. or that which a well-conditioned man of war could carry in chase full and by. 5. Fresh breeze 6. Strong breeze 7. Moderate gale 8. Fresh gale 9. Strong gale ( Single-reefed topsails, (. and topgallant sails. Double-reefed topsails. Triple-reefed topsails....
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An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms by Means of Facts: Arranged ...

William Reid - 1838 - 470 pages
...4 knots. ,1 ii - I full, would go in smooth -. 4 — Moderate BreezeJ W»t^. fmm D- [5 to 6 knots. 5 — Fresh Breeze. . .' 6 — Strong Breeze. 7 —...Moderate Gale. 8— Fresh Gale . . . 9 — Strong Gale . . Or, that to which she could just carry in chase, full and hy Royals, &c. Single-reefed topsails...
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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
...knots. M ii ii I full, would go in smooth ,, . 4 — Moderate BreezeJ wati,r, from (^5 to 6 knots. 5 — Fresh Breeze . . . 6 — Strong Breeze. 7 —...Moderate Gale. 8— Fresh Gale . . . 9 — Strong Gale . . ('Royals, &c. rf — Single-reefed topsails and top-gallant sails. ^ Double-reefed topsails, carry...
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Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York

University of the State of New York. Board of Regents - 1838 - 508 pages
...External thermometer, northern aspect, 4 feet from the earth, and 1 foot from the wall. Strength of wind, 0, calm; 1, light air; 2, light breeze; 3, gentle breeze; 4, moderate breeze; э, fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, moderate gale; 8, fresh gale; 9, strong pale; 10, whole gale;...
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Notes on the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in ...

George Combe - 1841 - 438 pages
...individuals on board have not been accustomed to the use of these wines ad libitum, and as they have paid 4. Moderate breeze ; 5. Fresh breeze ; 6. Strong breeze...gale ; 9. Strong gale ; 10. Whole gale ; 11. Storm ; 12. Hurricane. a large sum for their passage, they seem resolved to " take it out," as some of them...
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The Hurricane Guide: Being an Attempt to Connect the Rotatory Gale Or ...

William Radcliff Birt - 1850 - 72 pages
...be recorded in accordance with the following scale, contrived by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort : — 0. Calm. 1. Light air . . . 2. Light breeze . . 3....Moderate gale . 8. Fresh gale. . . 9. Strong gale . . or just sufficient to give steerage way. or that in which a well-conditioned man of war.with all...
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A Memoir on the Equinoctial Storms of March - April, 1850: And Inquiry Into ...

F. P. B. Martin - 1852 - 680 pages
...qpd 1 1 Very hard squalls, and showers of drizzle, accompanied by lightaiing with very heavy thunder. 6 Strong Breeze. 7 Moderate Gale. 8 Fresh Gale. 9 Strong Gale. 10 Whole Gale. 11 Storm. 12 Hurricane. CHARLOTTE TOWN, Prince Edward's Island. Lat. (about) 46.12. N. and Long, 03.12. w. Kept...
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