 | Robert Hare - 1828 - 418 pages
...influential: the one, remarkable for its dryness—the other, for its humidity. During a north-western gale, the sky, unless at its commencement, is always peculiarly clear, and not only waU§^ but ice, evaporates rapidly. A north-east wind, when it approaches to the nature of a durable... | |
 | Edgar Fahs Smith - 1917 - 546 pages
...commencement, is always peculiarly clear, and not only water, but ice evaporates rapidly. A north-west wind, when it approaches at all to the nature of a...accompanied by clouds, and usually by rain or snow." For this striking diversity of character he accounts in this way: " When to the lower strata of a non-elastic... | |
 | Edgar Fahs Smith - 1917 - 540 pages
...influential ; the one remarkable for its dryness; the other for its humidity. During a northwestern gale, the sky, unless at its commencement, is always...and not only water, but ice evaporates rapidly. A north-west wind, when it approaches at all to the nature of a durable gale, is always accompanied by... | |
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OF the gales experienced in the Atlantic States of North America, those from the north-east and north-west are by far the most influential : the one remarkable for its dryness; the other for its humidity. During a north-western gale, the sky, unless at... 