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Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : $b containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the oceanBassnett, Thomas

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Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : $b containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the ocean

Name: Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : $b containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the ocean
Author: Bassnett, Thomas

Bassnett, Thomas

Weather

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
  |  Designations  | Periodic  | Inclination | Motion    | Planetary   |
  | of the Comets. |  times.   |    of       | in Orbit. | Intervals.  |
  |                |           | Major Axes  |           |             |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |Encke    | 1818 | 3 years.  |      1°     | Direct    |Mars & Ceres.|
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |De Vico  | 1814 |           |      2      | Direct    |             |
  |Fayo     | 1843 |           |      4      | Direct    |   Ceres     |
  |De Avrest| 1851 |   From    |      1      | Direct    |             |
  |Brorsen  | 1846 |   five    |      7      | Direct    |    and      |
  |Messier  | 1766 |   to      |      0      | Direct    |             |
  |Clausen  | 1743 |   six     |      0      | Direct    |  Jupiter.   |
  |Pigott   | 1783 |   or      |      4      | Direct    |             |
  |Pous     | 1819 |   seven   |      3      | Direct    |             |
  |Biela    | 1826 |   years.  |      9      | Direct    |             |
  |Blaupain | 1819 |           |      2      | Direct    |             |
  |Lexell   | 1770 |           |      1      | Direct    |             |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |Pous     | 1812 |           |     17      | Direct    |             |
  |Olbers   | 1816 |   about   |     40      | Direct    |  Saturn     |
  |De Vico  | 1846 |   75      |     13      | Direct    |    and      |
  |Brorsen  | 1847 |   years.  |     12      | Direct    |  Uranus.    |
  |Westphal | 1852 |           |     21      | Direct    |             |
  |Halley   | 1682 |           |     16      | Retrograde|             |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

From which it appears, that the objection arising from the great
inclination of the _planes_ of these orbits is much less important than
at first it appears to be.

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Science

Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : $b containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the ocean

Bassnett, Thomas

Weather

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
  |  Designations  | Periodic  | Inclination | Motion    | Planetary   |
  | of the Comets. |  times.   |    of       | in Orbit. | Intervals.  |
  |                |           | Major Axes  |           |             |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |Encke    | 1818 | 3 years.  |      1°     | Direct    |Mars & Ceres.|
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |De Vico  | 1814 |           |      2      | Direct    |             |
  |Fayo     | 1843 |           |      4      | Direct    |   Ceres     |
  |De Avrest| 1851 |   From    |      1      | Direct    |             |
  |Brorsen  | 1846 |   five    |      7      | Direct    |    and      |
  |Messier  | 1766 |   to      |      0      | Direct    |             |
  |Clausen  | 1743 |   six     |      0      | Direct    |  Jupiter.   |
  |Pigott   | 1783 |   or      |      4      | Direct    |             |
  |Pous     | 1819 |   seven   |      3      | Direct    |             |
  |Biela    | 1826 |   years.  |      9      | Direct    |             |
  |Blaupain | 1819 |           |      2      | Direct    |             |
  |Lexell   | 1770 |           |      1      | Direct    |             |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |Pous     | 1812 |           |     17      | Direct    |             |
  |Olbers   | 1816 |   about   |     40      | Direct    |  Saturn     |
  |De Vico  | 1846 |   75      |     13      | Direct    |    and      |
  |Brorsen  | 1847 |   years.  |     12      | Direct    |  Uranus.    |
  |Westphal | 1852 |           |     21      | Direct    |             |
  |Halley   | 1682 |           |     16      | Retrograde|             |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

From which it appears, that the objection arising from the great
inclination of the _planes_ of these orbits is much less important than
at first it appears to be.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : $b containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the ocean

Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms : $b containing the true law of lunar influence, with practical instructions to the navigator, to enable him approximately to calculate the coming changes of the wind and weather, for any given day, and for any part of the ocean

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