The telegraph now gives notice of storms ! For example, the telegraph at Chicago and Toledo now gives notice to shipmasters at Cleveland and Buffalo, and also on Lake Ontario, of the approach of a north-west storm. The result is practically of great importance.... Documents of the Senate of the State of New York - Page 368by New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1850Full view - About this book
| A. W. H. Rose - Canada - 1849 - 744 pages
...shareholders 8 per cent. A new and important use of telegraphs I subjoin from a Canadian paper : — " The telegraph now gives notice of storms ! For example,...atmosphere at about the rate of a carrier pigeon, viz., 60 miles an hour. Our north-west winds come apparently from the sources of the lakes, and sweeping... | |
| 1849 - 854 pages
...seen, says the Cincinnati Gazette, and one of the most decidedly useful, is connected with meteorology. The telegraph now gives notice of storms ! For example, the telegraph at Chicago and Toledo gives notice to shipmasters at Cleveland and Buffalo, and also on Lake Ontario, of the approach of... | |
| Charles Dickens - General - 1850 - 294 pages
...makes ship-masters at Cleveland and Buffalo, and also on Lake Ontario, aware of the approach of the north-west storm. The result is practically of great...importance. A hurricane storm traverses the atmosphere at the rate of a currier pigeon, namely sixtv miles, an hour. A vessel in the port of New York, a*bout... | |
| Henry Piddington - Cyclones - 1851 - 430 pages
...u<e of the electric telegraph in giving notice of the approach of the whirlwind :— (Cyclone >. ' The telegraph now gives notice of storms ! For example, the telegraph at Chicago and Toledo now jives notice to shipmasters at Cleveland and Bnffnlo, and al'O on LaVe Ontario, of the approach of... | |
| Henry Piddington - 1860 - 448 pages
...the use of the electric telegraph in giving notice of the approach of the whirlwind (Cyelone) : — "The telegraph now gives notice of storms! For example,...north-west storm. The result is practically of great importancc. A hurricane storm traverses the atmosphere nt about the rate of a carrier pigeon, viz.... | |
| Henry Piddington - Navigation - 1869 - 458 pages
...the use of the electric telegraph in giving notice of the approach of the whirlwind (Cyclone) : — " The telegraph now gives notice of storms ! For example,...importance. A hurricane storm traverses the atmosphere at abouj the rate of a carrier pigeon, viz. 60 miles an hour. Our north-west winds come apparently from... | |
| Henry Piddington - Storms - 1889 - 448 pages
...the use of the electric telegraph in giving notice of the approach of the whirlwind (Cyclone) : — " The telegraph now gives notice of storms ! For example,...atmosphere at about the rate of a carrier pigeon, viz. 60 miles an hour. Our north-west winds come apparently from the sourccsof the Lakes, and sweepingover... | |
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