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Allen Howard Godbey. Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History
Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History
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GREAT DISASTERS
CHAPTER I. MYTHS OF THE WINDS
CHAPTER II. CONSTANT WINDS
CHAPTER III. PERIODIC WINDS
CHAPTER IV. TORNADOES AND CYCLONES
CHAPTER V. THE LOUISVILLE TORNADO
CHAPTER VI. INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO
CHAPTER VII. OTHER TORNADOES
CHAPTER VIII. TROPICAL CYCLONES
CHAPTER IX. PERILS OF THE SEA
CHAPTER X. LIFE-SAVING MEASURES
CHAPTER XI. GREAT SAMOAN HURRICANE
CHAPTER XII. ELECTRIC STORMS
CHAPTER XIII. RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW
CHAPTER XIV. FLOODS IN THE SOUTH
CHAPTER XV. THE FLOOD OF 1890
CHAPTER XVI. THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
CHAPTER XVII. INCIDENTS AT JOHNSTOWN
CHAPTER XVIII. RELIEF MEASURES
CHAPTER XIX. FAMINE AND PESTILENCE
CHAPTER XX. THE VOLCANO
CHAPTER XXI. GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS
CHAPTER XXII. OTHER GREAT ERUPTIONS
CHAPTER XXIII. EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXIV. EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXV. EARTHQUAKES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXVI. EARTHQUAKES IN TROPICAL AMERICA
CHAPTER XXVII. PREDICTION AND PREVENTION
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REIGN OF LAW
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Allen Howard Godbey
Published by Good Press, 2019
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It would appear that at the point where these meet each other, or come in contact with the ascending warm current, there must be a region of calms or light, variable winds, and occasional tempests. Such, in fact, is the case. This belt is from two hundred and eighty to four hundred miles in width, and lies along the thermal equator, or line of greatest average heat. This is not the same at the earth’s equator, properly so called; for, as the land has greater capacity for absorbing and retaining heat than the sea, and as most of the land lies in the northern hemisphere, it is evident the highest mean temperature must be north of the equator. So this belt of calms must lie in the same region; and, in fact, in the Atlantic ocean it lies between 3 and 9° north latitude, and in the Pacific, between 4 and 8°. As the sun travels northward during the first half of the year, this region of calms shifts slightly, also, so as to always nearly coincide with belt of the greatest mean heat.
At first sight, it appears curious that the motion of the earth should deflect these winds to the west. It would appear that the earth, atmosphere and all, must revolve as a unit about its axis; else, if the atmosphere lose time, its speed to the westward should be constantly accelerated, and long ago should have reached a velocity that would shake the mountains themselves; while, in fact, there is no variation perceptible.
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