 ... shore not yet reached by it is as smooth and even as glass in comparison ; in half an hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till twelve o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till...  Elementary Meteorology - Page 314by William Morris Davis - 1894 - 355 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Dampier - 1699 - 538 pages
...ftrongeft, and lafts fo till 2 or 3 a very brisk gale $ about 1 2 at Noon it alfb veres off to Sea 2 or 3 Points, or more in very fair Weather. After 3 a Clock...again, and gradually .withdraws its force till all is fpent, and about 5 a Clock, fooner or later, according as the Weather is, it is lull'd afteep, and... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 376 pages
...o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon, it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After three o'clock, it begins to dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 400 pages
...o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon, it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After three o'clock, it begins to dye away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and... | |
 | Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts till two or three a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, in very fair weather. After three o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its... | |
 | Patrick Murphy - 1830 - 578 pages
...o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three, a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon, it also veers off' to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After three o'clock, it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws ii- force till all is spent; and... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 462 pages
...strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale; about twelve at noon it also veers out to sea two or three points, or more, in very fair weather. After three o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 pages
...o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale. About twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more, in very fair weather. After three o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent ; and... | |
 | James Laurie - 1842 - 1098 pages
...o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale. About twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more, in very fair weather. After three o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent ; and... | |
 | Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather ; after three o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...o'clock ; then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon it also veers off to sea two or three points, or more in very fair weather. After three o'clock, it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent ; and... | |
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