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Diagram of the hurricane on the 3rd June 1839 reduced to half-scale from theGeneral Chart, outer circle 530 miles in diameter

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Diagram of the hurricane on the 3rd June 1839 reduced to half-scale from theGeneral Chart, outer circle 530 miles in diameter. Time, Noon. From: The Lawof Storms in India 1839-1842, by Henry Piddington. Calcutta, Bishop'sCollege Press. First Memoir, 1839. P. 584. This was one of the first diagramsto show the circular shape and circulation of tropical cyclones.

Display Date

1839

Location

Indian Ocean

Collection

Weather Service

Keywords

Monsters

Typhoon

Diagram