Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean; Containing a Brief Account of the Winds, Weather, and Currents Prevailing Therein: According to the Most Experienced - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...In proportion as the wind freshens, it veers westward, and increases in force, blowing between North and N.W. The sky then is very cloudy and dark, and rain falls abundantly. From N.W. it blows hard, and when its force is expended, (which it is in about twelve or fifteen hours,) or even while it blows hard from this quarter, the breeze suddenly shifts to S.W., and blows more violently than before. The wind disperses the clouds, and in a few hours the weather is perfectly clear; neverthe less, at times the squalls are very severe. The wind continues several days in the S.W. quarter, generally blowing very fresh; then it moderates a little, and, after two or three days, the weather becomes fine. The North winds generally blow during summer, and it is a fact established from observation that the shifting of the wind from North to South takes place by the West during this season,--one which would little deserve its name were not the days longer and the atmosphere warmer. The winds and rain are much more violent during the long than during the short days. It should not be forgotten that bad weather never comes suddenly from East, and that a S.W. or South wind never shifts quickly to North. On the contrary, winds from South and S.W. come on suddenly and with violence. South winds and storms from S.W. are preceded and announced by thick masses of large white clouds rising in these parts, the borders of which are clearly defined, and which appear round and solid. The North winds are preceded and accompanied by very low clouds, the sky is overcast, and some clouds appear above the rest. The sun can scarcely penetrate them and it assumes a reddish aspect. Some hours and even a whole day before a North or N.W. wind the altitude of the sun cannot be...

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