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A voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West-Indies; in His Majesty's Ships the Swallow and Weymouth. Giving a Genuine Account of the several Islands and Settlements of Madeira, the Canaries, Cape de Vard. Sierraleon, Sesthos, Cape Apollonia, Cabo Corso, and others on the Guinea Shore; Likewise Barbardoes, Jamaica, &c. in the West-Indies. Describing the Colour, Diet, Languages Habits, Manners, Customs, and Religions of the respective Natives and Inhabitants. With Remarks on the Gold, Ivory, and Slave-Trade: and on the Winds, Tides and Currents of the several Coasts. By John Atkins, Gent. Of Plaistow, in Essex.
Atkins, John, 1685-1757.Date: [1737]- Books
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An essay on currents at sea; By which it appears, There is Reason to apprehend, that the Sea is not a Fluid in a State of Rest, except those Motions which are caused by the Impulse of Winds, and that known by the Name of Tides: And consequently, That this Earth is not of a uniform Density, according to the Supposition of Sir Isaac Newton; but that the Currents of the Gulph of Florida, also on the Coast of Brasil, and the Northern In-Draught on this Western Coast, are Currents of Circulation, kept up by different Densities in this Earth, and its Motion round its Axis. By Joseph Mead.
Mead, Joseph, 1707-1799.Date: M,DCC,LVII. [1757]- Books
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The english pilot, describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, streights, soundings, Sands, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers. The bays, roads, harbours, and ports in the oriental navigation, Shewing the Property and Nature of the Winds and Monsoons in those Seas; with the Courses and Distances from one Place to another: The Setting of the Tides and Currents; The Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea. Also, A New table of Variations; and a Correct table of Longitudes and Latitudes; With many other things necessary to be known. Containing several large Draughts of Ports, Islands, and Descriptions; collected from the Practice and Experience of divers able and expert navigators of our Own and Foreign Nations. Divided into three parts. The first, Shewing The Nature and Properties of the Winds and Monsoons in the Navigation from England, to the East-Indies, and the whole oriental ocean, and thereby how to shape a Course from one Port to another, according to the Time of the Year in those Seas. The second, Containing Necessary instructions for Sailing between England, and the East-Indies, in the Spring and Autumn. The third, Describing The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Streights, Soundings, Sands, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers. The Islands, Bays, Roads, Harbours and Ports, from Cape Bona-Esperance, to all Parts of the oriental ocean, being very much Corrected and Augmented with several Additions, not before Publish'd.
Date: M,DCC,LV. [1755]- Pictures
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Jaipur: Palace of the winds, with the market place around. Photograph.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 10131i- Books
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The state of England in 1588. In a letter from a priest at London to the Spanish ambassador at Paris: Giving A particular Account of our Warlike Preparations, with the Names of the Nobility and Gentry, &c. as well Catholick as Protestant, who voluntarily and generously raised, headed, and maintained great Numbers for Sea and Land, to support their Sovereign, and defend their Country. Shewing Our vast Power and Riches, contrary to the contemptible Opinion had of us in Spain; also, an Account of the Spanish Armada. To which are added, The Examinations of many Prisoners, their Losses by Battle, Tempests and contrary Winds on the Coaste of Ireland, in their Return from the North Isles of Scotland, &c.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.Date: [1746]- Books
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Philosophical essays. By Henry Eeles, Esq; containing his discovery of the cause of thunder, with a subsequent Explanation and Demonstration of the same. The Cause of the Ascent, Station, and Descent of Vapours and Exhalations. The Cause of Winds, and an Explanation of the general Phaenomena of the Weather, Barometer, &c. The true Rudiments and Theory of Electricity and Magnetism. An Attempt to shew that the Electrical Powers are the Cause of the Reflection and Refraction of Light. Some Mention of the wonderful Medicinal Effects of Electricity on a great Number of Patients, whom he has cured of Palsies, and many other Disorders. With other useful Matters, which may be deduced from these Essays.
Eeles, Henry.Date: 1771- Pictures
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A woman threatened by red clouds and winds. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Sept. 69 [September 1969]Reference: 2885118iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
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A brief statement of the prevailing winds from Monsieur D'Apres de Mannevillette.
Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'.Date: 1787- Books
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The natural and experimental history of winds, &c. / Written in Latine by the Right Honourable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Translated into English by R.G. Gent.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.Date: 1671- Books
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An account of the constant and periodical trade-winds, or monsoons, the land and sea breezes, and the variable winds; together with an account of the setting of the currents, and the strength thereof, as they most commonly happen in the different parts of the East-Indies The whole Illustrated by Examples taken from the Journals of several European and Country Ships; shewing the Reason why some have made their Passages, whilst others, in the same Season, or perhaps at the very same Time, have lost, or at least prolonged theirs. By Philo-Nauticus.
Philo-nauticus.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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Philosophical essays: in several letters to the Royal Society, containing a discovery of the cause of thunder, with a subsequent Explanation and Demonstration of the same. The Cause of the Ascent, Station, and Descent of Vapours and Exhalations: The Cause of Winds; and, an Explanation of the general Phaenomena of the Weather, Barometer, &c. The true Rudiments and Theory of Electricity and Magnetism. An Attempt to shew that the Electrical Powers are the Cause of the Reflection and Refraction of Light. Some Mention of the wonderful Medicinal Effects of Electricity on a great Number of Patients, whom the Author has cured of Palsies, and many other Disorders. With other useful Matters, which may be deduced from these Essays. By Henry Eeles, Esq;
Eeles, Henry.Date: 1771- Books
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The life and surprizing adventures of James Wyatt, born near Exeter, in Devonshire, in the year 1707. Containing, I. His entering himself Trumpeter on board the Revenge Privateer, Capt. James Wimble, May 29, 1741. II. An Account of their Cruize; and of his being taken Prisoner by the Spaniards; with his wonderful Deliverance from Death. III. The Manner of his escaping from the Spaniards, with Capt. Robert Winter, and five others. IV. How they were drove by contrary Winds on the Coast of Barbary; where they were taken Prisoners by the Moors, and the Hardships they endur'd among the Infidels. With the Manner of his Deliverance, and his Arrival safe in England after various Vicissitudes of Fortune. Written by himself. Adorn'd with copper plates.
Wyatt, James, 1707-Date: 1753- Books
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The life and surprizing adventures of James Wyatt, born near Exeter, in Devonshire, in the year 1707. Containing, I. His entering himself Trumpeter on board the Revenge Privateer, Capt. James Wimble, May 29, 1741. II. An Account of their Cruize; and of his being taken Prisoner by the Spaniards; with his wonderful Deliverance from Death. III. The Manner of his escaping from the Spaniards, with Capt. Robert Winter and five others. IV. How they were drove by contrary Winds on the Coast of Barbary; where they were taken Prisoners by the Moors, and the Hardships they endur'd among the Insidels. With the Manner of his Deliverance, and his Arrival safe in England after various Vicissitudes of Fortune. Written by himself. Adorn'd with copper plates.
Wyatt, James, 1707-Date: 1748- Books
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A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year, 1699. Wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St Jago. The Bay of All Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brasil. Cape Salvadore. The Winds on the Brasilian Coast. Abrohlo-Shoals. A table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The Course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast &c. of New Holland. Their Inhabitants, Manners, Customs, Trade, &c. Their Harbours, Soil, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. Trees, Plants, Fruits, &c. Illustrated with several maps and draughts; also divers Birds, Fishes, and Plants, not found in this part of the World, Curiously Ingraven on Copper-Plates. Vol.III. By Captain William Dampier.
Dampier, William, 1651-1715.Date: 1703- Books
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The directory for patent-slating. Calculated to instruct noblemen, gentlemen, builders and other artificers, in the use of the new-invented method of covering the roofs of churches, houses, or any other buildings, with slates, so as to prevent their being rifled by Winds; damaged by Frost, Snow, or Hail; or penetrated by the strongest driving Rains; and so as greatly to reduce the Weight of Materials used, and consequently the Degree of Expence incurred, in framing Roofs and covering Buildings after the common Modes. Illustrated with five copper-plates, On which are engraved the Designs of several Roofs in different Forms, tending to render intelligible to every Capacity the various Methods to be used in this Kind of Slating. By the patentee, Charles Rawlinson, of Lostwithiel, in the County of Cornwall, Builder.
Rawlinson, Charles.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
A discourse concerning the origine and properties of wind. With an historicall account of hurricanes, and other tempestuous winds / [R. Bohun].
Bohun, R. (Ralph), -1716Date: 1671- Books
The influence of strong, prevalent, rain-bearing winds on the prevalence of phthisis / by William Gordon.
Gordon, William (Consultant)Date: 1910- Books
"Give to the winds thy fears" : the women's temperance crusade, 1873-1874 / Jack S. Blocker, Jr.
Blocker, Jack S., Jr.Date: 1985- Books
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Between winds and clouds : the making of Yunnan (second century BCE to twentieth century CE) / Bin Yang.
Yang, Bin, 1972-Date: 2014, ©2009- Books
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A compleat system of husbandry and gardening; or, the gentleman's companion, in the business and pleasures of a country life. Shewing, I. The several New and most Advantagious Ways of Tilling, Planting, Sowing, Manuring, Ordering, and Improving of all sorts of Gardens, Orchards, Meadows, Pastures, Corn-Lands, Woods, and Coppices. As also of Fruits, Corn, Grain, Pulse, New-Hays, Cattle, Fowl, Beasts, Bees, Silk-Worms, Fish, and Fish-Ponds. II. The Huseandman's Monthly Directions. Also the Prognosticks of Dearth, Scarcity, Plenty, Sickness, Heat, Cold, Frost, Snow, Winds, Rain, Hail, and Thunder. III. The Interpretation of Rustick Terms. With an Account of the several Instruments and Engines used in this Profession, and exact Draughts thereof curiously Engraven on Copper. The whole collected from, and containing what is most valuable in all the books hitherto written upon this subject; with many New Experiments and Observations.
Worlidge, John, active 1660-1698.Date: 1716- Books
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On the road of the winds : an archaeological history of the Pacific islands before European contact / Patrick Vinton Kirch.
Kirch, Patrick VintonDate: 2002, ©2000- Pictures
Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: 1718Reference: 23945i- Books
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A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711. Containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said Voyage; the Winds, Currents, and Variation of the Compass; the taking of the Towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several Prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco Ship. A Description of the American Coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the South, to California in the North, (from the Coasting-Pilot, a Spanish Manuscript.) An Historical Account of all those Countries from the best Authors. With a new map and description of the mighty River of the Amazons. Wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his Manner of living and taming some wild Beasts during the four Years and four Months he liv'd upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes. Illustrated with cuts and maps. By Capt. Edward Cooke.
Cooke, Edward, Captain.Date: MDCCXII. [1712]- Books
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Winter meditations: or, a sermon concerning frost, and snow, and winds, &c. and the wonders of God therein. By John Shower.
Shower, John, 1657-1715.Date: M.DCC.IX. [1709]- Books
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Winter meditations: or, a sermon concerning frost, and snow, and winds, &c. and the wonders of God therein. By John Shower.
Shower, John, 1657-1715.Date: MDCCX. [1710]