American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy (1914)
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Equipment, Logan, George Wood, 1868-1915 · Washington, Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 226
observersright. In the southern hem-isphere, stand with theface to the wind; thestorm center will bear tenpoints to the observersleft. On the basis of these rules the tables hereafter given (art. 487) show the bearing of the center corresponding to a wind Fig- ^- of any direction. 483. To Fix the… … 30 Average fall of the barometer•per hour. From 0. 02 to 0. 06 in.From 0. 06 to 0. 08 in.From 0. 08 to 0. 12 in.From 0.12 to 0.15 in. . Distance from the storm,center. From 250 to 150 miles.From 150 to 100 miles.From 100 to 80 miles.From 80 to 50 miles. The table assumes that the vessel is hove-to…
Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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