The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-05
OnEAr rowEn or WAVES.


Et iNYis ClDbe Democrat Wr hear
many DeoDle NM haye M mDre oppoi.
t1nify ~ judging uan me faci that
me- hDve been passengers ON ~ steam.
ft speaking ~ waves rolling "mouu.
ialn high" ~ oDursf. % iitts reflection
would ahoW that This is Apt true The
p1sefuRrfH DO nn ordinary steamer ore
1Di allowed ~ Ro On deck when seas
ore raging Probably few would Wish
~ ana feWer riiIl nfe capable " ludg
Ink. uuder 'he circumstance. Che hright
N Nhyfg
The cODmOnesi cause NJ Wnyes is tho
ifftiDn ~ The wind upon the surface
N the water Litue ridges flfst appear
an1 ircrAH0 as the force continues.
pntll mon become most formidable.
tn rounding the Cape ~ COpd HOPE.
whore fhe prevailing westerly Winds
have nothing ~ break their force FOR
ihpusHndH ~ miles. there hre often
Rfrni HWella which are A thlfd ~ "a
mile or more from crest ~ crest. But
those are not s0 dangerous ~ trouble
some ~ sailing vessels na the shorter
SENS
Twouiy feet in height from crest IN
bottom Do BE- blr Hrh even Tor nnllofr
The great wave or bore. nt the
mouth ~ some rivers. lH derived from
n different cause from that which cfo
nirh ocean waves ilofca are caused
by the iufluB ~ the tide from the sea
cpuuirfactinF the current NJ great
fivrfs. whore the latter part Of their
course o. little ~ any. above tho level
NJ ihn ocean. The collision NJ these
ipfrrH lH sometimes tremendous nnd at.
tended with loud foaunRa nH nt the
mouth ~ the Amazon. the Oflnoco. tho
liooHhicY the Hoyofn ana lu the nny
~ Fundy
Great waves have often carried away
The most Holldly bullt lighthouse. and
ihoio lH. perhaps. no moro Triumphant
W"rt ~ engineering than when "a ught
house N made 10 stand In particularly
dlfflouli nnd dangerous place against
The incoHannt efforts N the Hon. rnuscd
10 nll llr fury
captain hcofoHby'H observations ON
The height ~ waves long ago proved
mat iu the heaviest Atlantic storms.
iho waves very rarely exceed forty.
ihroc foot from hollow Ia crest. the
distance between crcuiH being 500 feet
nnd their speed about thlft,.tbreo
mlloH nn hour More recent obscryn
lions have shown that Atlantic waves
may reach fprtyolght foot
AZ kmnchoo la India. waves were
molHutoi un tho hfonkwntcr which
were about forty feet above The sra
loyol
in WICK bay M Scotland. celebrated
fnr heavy ucns nonc have bccn observed
of forty foct lu height but thla la un.
common ~ wnH estimated thnt ono of
The great rollers. which cnmr nbnut
"vorY trn minutes. poured over the
hio1kwhtrI ut Wick with Ia mnaa of
10000 toms NJ water blocks of con
rroio Woirhlur moro than two toms were
carried completely away
Az 90 the depth TO which wave action
oNtondu the knowledge ih uncertain
She'll fHh which are known To live nt
depths Of nfN ro sixty 90 100 feet
Wo thrown upon the shore b., hrnv,
storms, nnd the bottom la often much
disturbed nt the depth of fifty fcct uut
concrete und granite blocks. used ln the
construction uf hrrakvDtoru. ana ian.
monHolY heavy are Seldom disturbed nt
depth of twenty feet
To 'hnVr the decks swept" hy great
wave D. common at sea. even when tho
vessel la in good hands Ouen the nc
olhon, has proved fatal tu yraucl ana
crew hut rouoully results In the loss
ot honia. rellcyH and, too often. OF somo
of the mon