Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 376
ow let us consider the big sea which strikesthe vessel in calm weather; but before doing soI must briefly describe the storm wave which Ihave mentioned. This can best be done by quoting directly the words of Captain Lecky, whois my authority for mast of the facts presentedin this article. On the… … THE EARTHQUAKE WAVE AT (SEE NEXT PAGE.) there the pressure is least. Between the center andouter edge a chiference of five inches in the heightof the mercury has been recorded; equal to a dif-ference of pressure of 354 pounds on the squarefoot of surface at these two places. It will read- 9o8 GREAT…
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