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Land and Sea Breezes Land and Sea Breezes
Land and sea breezes Land and sea breezes are wind and weather phenomena associated with coastal areas. A land breeze is a breeze blowing from land out toward a body of water . A sea breeze is a wind blowing from the water onto the land. Land breezes and sea breezes arise because of... Read more
Westerly Westerly
Westerly town (1990 pop. 21,605), Washington co., extreme SW R.I., between the Pawcatuck River and Block Island Sound; inc. 1669. Formerly important industries include textile manufacturing (dating from 1814), and granite quarrying (since c.1850). Westerly's current manufactures include musical... Read more
Zephyr Zephyr
Zephyr in classical mythology, the god of the west wind; from the late 17th century, zephyr has also been a literary term for a soft gentle breeze.... Read more
roaring forties roaring forties
roaring forties name applied, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, where the prevailing westerly winds are strong and steady. Unlike the winds in the Northern Hemisphere, those in the roaring forties are not impeded by large land areas.... Read more
Beaufort scale Beaufort scale
Beaufort scale a scale of wind velocity devised (c.1805) by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort of the British navy. An adaptation of Beaufort's scale is used by the U.S. National Weather Service; it employs a scale from 0 to 12, representing calm, light air, light breeze, gentle breeze, moderate... Read more
Battle of Cape St Vincent Battle of Cape St Vincent
Cape St Vincent, battle of, 1797. On 14 February 1797, four months after the start of hostilities with Spain and after the British fleet had been forced to evacuate the Mediterranean for the first time in a century, 15 ships under Sir John Jervis met the Spanish grand fleet of 27 more heavily... Read more
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mobile , a type of moving sculptural artwork developed by Alexander Calder in 1932 and named by Marcel Duchamp . Often constructed of colored metal pieces connected by wires or rods, the mobile has moving parts that are sensitive to a breeze or light touch; it can be designed to hang from the... Read more

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