Observations Upon the Natue And Properties of the Atmosphere
Observations Upon the Natue And Properties of the Atmosphere
Murdo Downie
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And this great preflure which produces the hurricane will be the lefs furprizing, if we confider the quantity of water that defcends through the Atmofphere in a common fquall, much lefs in a hurricane, a quantity which is aftonifhing to think how the Atmofphere could fufpend or fupport, and befides the quan- tity, if we confider the velocity it muft acquire upon defcending perhaps upwards of a mile in perpendicular height, our furprize of the preflure will be ftill lefs. Although accumulations ...of vapour gather more frequently upon the land than they do upon the fea, yet they are never found to ar- rive C 62 ] rive to fuch a height as io produce hurricanes fimilar to thofe defcrib- ed above ; and if the land is mountainous, the accumulations are the fooner difperfed, becaufe the winds during the heat of the day carry- ing the vapour up the fides of the mountains, it is there condenfed by the higher cold, and falls in rain ; and even fhould it be calm for any confiderable time, the great difference there is in the tempera- ture between the day and night upon the land, will, by the cold in the latter, diiturb and condenfe the expanfion and evaporation pro- duced by the greater heat of the former, before an accumulation be- come too great ; for which reafon we find, that although fqualls commonly happen upon the South fhores of the Caribbean fea, yet the hurricanes which are fometimes fo deftructive among the Weft India lilands, never come with violence upon the adjoining contin- ent of S.
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