Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms

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Author

Bassnett, Thomas, 1808-

Title

Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the ocean

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Produced by Curtis Weyant, Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Weather

Category

Text

eBook-No.

18791

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18791

Release Date

July 8, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Note — OUTLINES OF A MECHANICAL THEORY OF STORMS,
2. 2.BY T. BASSNETT.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES: — MECHANICAL THEORY OF STORMS.
5. 5.SECTION FIRST. — PRESENT STATE OF METEOROLOGY. — ORIGINAL CONDITION OF THE EARTH. — GREAT OBJECT OF LA PLACE. — BESSEL’S OPINION. — A VACUUM REQUIRED BY MODERN SYSTEMS. — DIFFICULTIES OF THIS VIEW. — ETHER IMPONDERABLE. — ELECTRIC FLUID THE MEDIUM OF SPACE. — NEWTONIAN GRAVITY. — GRAVITY MECHANICAL. — GREAT PRINCIPLE OF DYNAMICS. — SPECIFIC HEAT. — LAW OF SPECIFIC HEAT. — THE GOLDEN MEAN. — OUTLINES OF THE PROBLEM. — MOTIONS OF THE STARS. — VORTICOSE MOTION. — FORMATION OF VORTICES. — TEST OF A THEORY. — ENUNCIATION OF THE THEORY. — MASS OF THE MOON. — ATMOSPHERIC CURRENTS. — HUTTON’S THEORY. — GREAT SPECIFIC HEAT OF THE ETHER. — PROCESS OF DERANGEMENT. — INFLUENCE OF DIMINISHED PRESSURE. — ACTION OF THE POLAR CURRENT. — LIMITS OF THE VORTEX. — ROUTINE OF A STORM. — CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE A STORM. — LATERAL VORTICES. — ILLUSTRATION OF THEIR ACTION. — ORDER OF OCCURRENCE. — REDFIELD’S THEORY OF STORMS. — WHIRLWINDS VERY LIMITED IN DIAMETER. — OBJECTION TO CIRCULAR STORMS. — INDICATIONS OF A STORM. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.SECTION SECOND. — MECHANICAL ACTION OF THE MOON. — MOTION OF THE AXIS OF THE VORTEX. — INCLINATION OF THE AXIS. — POSITION OF THE AXIS OF THE VORTEX. — DISPLACEMENT OF THE AXIS. — CENTRAL VORTEX ASCENDING. — CORRECTION FOR PROTUBERANCE. — MILWAUKIE STORM, JULY 2. — NEW YORK STORM. — CENTRAL VORTEX DESCENDING. — OTTOWA STORM, DECEMBER 22, 1852. — MAGNETIC STORM, DECEMBER 23, 1852. — LIVERPOOL STORM. — PASSAGES OF ALL THE VORTICES. — NEW YORK STORM, JULY 8, 1853. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.SECTION THIRD. — OBJECTIONS TO LUNAR INFLUENCE. — MODIFYING CAUSES. — TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. — MAGNETIC VARIATIONS. — MAGNETIC STORMS. — AURORA BOREALIS. — EARTHQUAKES. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.SECTION FOURTH. — THE SOLAR SPOTS. — MASSES OF THE SUN AND PLANETS. — LAW OF DENSITY IN SOLAR VORTEX. — BODES’ LAW OF PLANETARY DISTANCES. — PERTURBATIONS DUE TO THE ETHER. — KEPLER’S THIRD LAW ONLY APPROXIMATELY TRUE. — LIGHT AND HEAT. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.SECTION FIFTH. — COMETARY PHENOMENA. — THE ZODIAL LIGHT. — SHOOTING STARS. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.SECTION SIXTH. — THE POLAR ICE. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CONCLUSION. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.APPENDIX. — FOOTNOTES:

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