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

THIRD EDITION.

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Transcriber's Note

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. 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.

RISEFALL

FORFOR

N. Ely. NW.-N.-E. S. Wly. SE.-S.-W.

DRYWET

OROR

LESS WIND.MORE WIND.

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EXCEPTEXCEPT

WET FROM N. Ed.WET FROM N. Ed.

Add one tenth for each hundred feet above the Sea.