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THIRD EDITION.

(WITH ADDITIONS.)

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,

PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

AND SOLD BY

J. D. POTTER, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31, POULTRY,

AND 11, KING STREET, TOWER HILL.

1859.

Price One Shilling.

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:

A contraction of rules for foretelling weather—in accordance with the following pages—is submitted, for scales of common barometers.

RISE FALL
FOR FOR
N. Ely.
NW.-N.-E.		 S. Wly.
SE.-S.-W.
DRY WET
OR OR
LESS
WIND.		 MORE
WIND.
———— ————
EXCEPT EXCEPT
WET FROM
N. Ed.		 WET FROM
N. Ed.

Add one tenth for each hundred feet above the Sea.

LONG FORETOLD—LONG LAST,
SHORT NOTICE—SOON PAST.
FIRST RISE AFTER LOW,
FORETELLS STRONGER BLOW.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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