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XXXI.—An Attempt to Improve the present Methods of Determining the Strength and Direction of the Wind at Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

C. P. Smyth Esq.
C. P. Smyth Esq.
Affiliation:
Professor of Astronomy in the University of Edinburgh
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Last year, my friend Captain Cockburn, R. N., brought to my notice the very lax method which is usually pursued at sea in determining the strength and direction of the wind ; and said, that he had for many years been trying to contrive some sort of anemometer that might be useful on board, as well as an easy method of eliminating the effect of the motion of the ship on the true character of the wind, but hitherto without success. I undertook, therefore, to endeavour to supply him with these two desiderata. He thought that they would be useful, in a practical point of view, in seamanship; and as I considered that they might be of importance in meteorology, I was the more ready to lend my assistance.

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Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , 1848 , pp. 455 - 462
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1848

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