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WE welcome with much pleasure the second edition of this useful little work on storms practically considered. The first edition, briefly noticed by us at the time (vol. xiv. p. 504) appeared ten years ago. Since then the researches of meteorologists have materially advanced the science, notably in establishing on a firmer basis the law of the in-moving spiral circulation of the wind in cyclones, and defining with some exactness the limits of variation of the angle of inclination of the winds as they blow inwards toward the centre of storms. In this view especially the last part of the work has been recast, recent investigations being summarised with no little ability, and the results thereafter applied to navigation. The book, which is professedly a practical one, is specially and admirably adapted to give seamen the best available information in handling their ships in storms.
The Law of Storms, considered practically.
By W. H. Rosser. Second Edition. (London: Norie and Wilson, 1886.)
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Our Book Shelf . Nature 34, 594 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034594a0
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