Mr. Gale's Comet
The Rev. Dr. Roseby, F.R.A.S., has been for some time occupied in computing an elliptical orbit for Mr. Gale's comet, which our readers will remember was discovered…
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The Origin of Storms in India
At a meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society in London on 20th November, Mr. R. Inwards in the chair, Mr. J. Eliot, F.R.S., read a paper on the origin of the cold-weather storms of the year 1893…
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The labor of the subjoined calculation, which occupied the leisure of several months, was undertaken with the purpose of doing all that could locally be done to…
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IN A STORM. FROM PHOTOS TAKEN BY CAPTAIN J. S. HENRY, OF THE BARQUE HAROLD, WHILE OFF CAPR HORN ON A VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1895,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Mr. Gale's Comet. Rev. T. Roseby, Ll.d., F.r.a.s
Some of your readers will, I trust, be interested in the results of the subjoined calculation. The labour which it has involved, occupying the leisure of several months, was undertaken with the…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.--During a thunderstorm at Arrowtown, Otago, the forked lighting destroyed some fencing for half a mile, making deep trenches in the ground…
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A severe gale was experienced over most of the colony between Saturday and Sunday nights. In Otago the lightning destroyed half a mile of lencing, made deep trenches in the ground, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Thunderstorms in the Country. Further Tropical Rains Probable
Yesterday under the [?] of the southeast to east-south-east breeze, the temperature in Sydney was moderate, the maximum reading of the thermometer at the Observatory being…
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TOCUMWAL, Friday.—A very hot dry westerly wind prevailed yesterday, the thermometer registering 107deg. in the shade. About 8 p.m. a terrific thunderstorm and gale suddenly arose from…
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Walgett reported 106 points of rain yesterday. This was the outcome of a thunderstorm which broke over the district. Thunderstorms were also reported in other districts, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOTES & COMMENTS. Storm Clouds
The New Year has opened with storm clouds darkening the political horizon, and it will require a great…
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A terrific gale, the Heaviest experienced at Albury for some years, spent its fury upon the district on Thursday night. A largo number of trees were blown down,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Gale's Comet. REV. T. Roseby, Ll.d., F.R.A.S.
Some of your readers will, I trust, be interested in the results of the subjoined calculation. The labour which it has involved, occupying the leisure of several months, was undertaken with the…
Continued on Trove, page 84 →[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Violent Storm at Tocumwal. Tocumwal
The most violent storm that has occurred here within the memory of the oldest inhabitants broke over the town and district last evening about 8 o'clock, and lasted for an hour, during which time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victoria. Violent Storm in Melbourne. the Trades-hall Struck by Lightning. Extensive Damage
MELBOURNE, Friday. --- A heavy thunderstorm, with rain, broke out at half-past 8 this evening. Amongst other accidents, the Trades-hall was damaged by lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Gale at Albury. a Dancing Hall Collapses. Narrow Escapes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury
After 48 hours of extreme heat a thunderstorm occurred here last night, accompanied by the heaviest gale of wind experienced for many years post. A large number of trees was blown down,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Weather. in the Country. Another Hot Oppressive Day. Maximum Temperature in Sydney, 985. a Southerly Buster. Severe Wind Storm at Tocumwal
"There was a rapid rise in the temperature in the morning," said Mr. Russell last evening, "and for a time it looked like a repetition of Monday's heat, but happily TOCUMWAL, Friday. -- The weather yesterday was very warm, the thermometer recording 107 in the shade. In the evening a terrific storm, accompanied by clouds of…
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A large amount of damage was done in the city, and suburbs last night by the thunderstorm which passed over the colony. At Port Melbourne the local…
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WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.--Mr. R. R. P. Hickson, the Engineer-in-Chief for Harbors and Rivers, visited East Maitland yesterday, in company with the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Storm-water Channel for Liverpool. Liverpool
A few months ago Dr. Ashburton Thompson, Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Health, in spected the main drain of the town at the request of the local council, and reported that, although he…
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