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Title: Barometer and Weather Guide

Author: Robert Fitzroy

Release Date: December 19, 2007 [EBook #23921]

Language: English

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BAROMETER AND WEATHER
GUIDE.

BOARD OF TRADE.

1859.

COMPILED BY REAR-ADMIRAL FITZROY, F.R.S.

_THIRD EDITION._
(WITH ADDITIONS.)

LONDON:
PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

AND SOLD BY
J. D. POTTER, _Agent for the Admiralty Charts_, 31, POULTRY,
AND 11, KING STREET, TOWER HILL.
1859.

_Price One Shilling._

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
However, due to an omission in the original text, the anchor for
footnote #4 has been placed in an assumed position.

A brief table of contents, though not present in the original
publication, has been provided below:

PREFACE
HOW TO FORETELL WEATHER
MARINE BAROMETER ...

A contraction of rules for foretelling weather--in accordance with the
following pages--is submitted, for scales of common barometers.

RISE | FALL
|
FOR | FOR
|
N. ELY. | S. WLY.
NW.-N.-E. | SE.-S.-W.
|
DRY | WET
|
OR | OR
|
LESS | MORE
WIND. | WIND.
|
------ | ------
|
EXCEPT | EXCEPT
|
WET FR