Popular essays on the movements of the atmosphere ...
By: By Professor William Ferrel ...
Series: U.S. War Dept. Professional papers of the Signal service -- no. 12
Publisher: Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Published: 1882
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Winds; Ocean currents; Atmospheric pressure; Cyclones
Notes: Reprints of papers originally published in scientific journals. The 1st is from the Nashville journal of medicine and surgery, 1856; the 2d, 4th, and 5th are from American journal of science, 1861, 1874 and 1881 respectively; the 3d is from Nature, July, 1871.

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Table of contents: title: 1. An essay on the winds and currents of the ocean.; title: 2. The motions of fluids and solids relative to the earth's surface.; title: 3. Cause of low barometer in the polar regions and in the central part of cyclones.; title: 4. Relation between the barometric gradient and velocity of the wind.; title: 5. Meteorological researches, pt. II. Cyclones, tornadoes, and water-spouts.