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The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)

International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 322

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in which thewind blows toward the line of progression, or track of center,is the most dangerous part of the cyclone, with the exceptionof the center itself. The rear quadrant a c d may also beconsidered as dangerous, because the direction of the windwill tend to carry the vessel that may happen to… … 286 WIND AND WEATHER half aeh a.s the navigable semicircle, since the wind in thelatter will blow away from in front of the storm center. These semicircles change sides when the hemisphere ischanged, the dangerous semicircle always being to the rightof the line of progression in northern latitudes…

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