 | Wilhelm Wittich - Earthquakes - 1845 - 432 pages
...winds prevail in another part of the ocean which are much more favourable to navigation. These winds blow for six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposite course. They are, therefore, called periodical winds. They are almost entirely limited to the northern... | |
 | Natural phenomena - 1846 - 142 pages
...discovered." MONSOONS. IK the Indian Ocean certain periodical winds prevail, which blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposite direction. The Malays call them Mooseen, which signifies year or season. In English, this term has... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 126 pages
...are called periodical, to distinguish them from the trades which are constant. They blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposite direction. The Malays call them mooseen, which signifies season. These winds blow with the greatest... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...be like his !"t MONSOONS. IN the Ind,an Ocean certam periodical winds prevail, which blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposile direction. The Malays call them Mooseen, which signifies year or season. In English, this... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Pneumatics - 1852 - 158 pages
...are called periodical, to distinguish them from the trades, which are constant. They blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in * These will be found represented in Fig. 27. H2 an opposite direction. The Malays call them mooseen,... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Pneumatics - 1852 - 226 pages
...are called periodical, to distinguish them from the trades, which are constant. They blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in * These will be found represented in Fig. 27. 78 MONSOONS. an opposite direction. The Malays call them... | |
 | David Ames Wells - Physics - 1857 - 492 pages
...are periodical currents of air BOOHS? which in the Arabian, Indian, and China seas blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in a contrary direction. They are called monsoons from an Arabic word signifying season ; they are also... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1858 - 466 pages
...are periodical currents of air 600116 ? which in the Arabian, Indian, and China seas blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in a contrary direction. They are called monsoons from an Arabic word signifying season ; they are also... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Winds - 1861 - 408 pages
...periodical, in contradistinction to the trades, which are constant winds. The monsoons blow for nearly six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposite direction. The Malays call them mooseen, which signifies year or season* In English, this term has... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1864 - 334 pages
...modifications, changing their direction at certain seasons of the year, and hence named Monsoons. These blow for six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposite one—the change occurring about the 15th April and the 15th October. The Monsoons regulate the alternations... | |
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They blow for six months of the year in one direction, and for the other six in an opposite one ; the change occurring about the 15th April and the 15th October. 
