692 



INDEX. 



Keiichenius, Captain, Sur- 

 veys, 24, 20 



Keus Rock, 575, 606, 808 



Kew Observatory, 8 



Key West, 74 



K ng, Capt., Surveys, 48 



Kingstown, 18 



Klint, Admiral, Charts 

 issued under, 22 



Knipping, Mr., On Hurri- 

 canes, 218 



Kohl, Mr. J. C, On the 

 Gulf Stream, 376 



Kortright, Lieut., Survey, 

 05 



Kotonou, 43 



Kramer Bank, 609 



KrayenhoPf, Baron, Sur- 

 veys, 24, 26 



Kroumen, 505 



KriJmmel, Dr. O., On the 

 Sargasso Sea, 335 ; On 

 the Salinity of Ocean 

 Water, 644 



Kutusoff Bank, 574, 606, 

 608 



Labrador, Positions, 51 — 

 52, 56, 57 ; Tides, 282 ; 

 Current, 434 ; Ice, 442 



Lady's Gulf, The, 128 



Laidman Rock, 610 



Land and Water of the 

 Globe, 102 



Lane, Mr. Michael, Sur- 

 veys, 56 



Lang, Sir A., Observa- 

 tions, 88 



Laughton, Professor, On 

 Atmospheric Circula- 

 tion, 101 ; On Land and 

 Sea Breezes, 107 



Laura Ethel Bank, 600, 

 608 



liaw of Storms, 217 



Lawrance, Lieut. E., Sur- 

 veys, 88 — 89, 96 



Lawrence, Lieut. G. B., 

 Surveys, 86 — 87 



Lean Shoal, 610 



Leeward Islands, Posi- 

 tions, 89 — 91 



Leiden Obsei-vatory, 25,26 



Leighton, Capt. R., On 

 Hurricanes, 241 — 242 ; 

 Directions for English 

 Channel, 464 — 466 



Lenz, Prof., On Ocean 

 Circulation, 646 



Leontina Shoal, 606 



Leste, The, 579 



Ley, Rev. W. C, On the 

 Velocity of Wind, 104 ; 

 On Weather Changes 

 and Atmospheric Cir- 

 culation, 111 ; On Cy- 

 clonic Wind Systems, 



{Ley, Rev. W. C.—cont.) 

 183—184; On Anti- 

 Cyclonic Wind Systems, 

 185 ; On Weather of 

 Storm Areas, 200—202 ; 

 On Hurricanes, 218 ; 

 , On Clouds, 658 



Liberia, Winds, 163 ; Cli- 

 i mate, 570 



Lights, Dangers of Altera- 

 tions of, 468 



Limits of the Atlantic 

 Ocean, 1 



Lisbon, 11 ; Observatory, 

 1 1 , 33, 35 



Liverpool, 18, 468, 474; 

 Wind Records, 203 



Livingston, Captain A., 

 W^inds of the West 

 Indies, 141; On Squalls, 

 259; On the Sargasso 

 Sea, 339 ; On Currents 

 near Cuba, 367 ; On 

 W'inds and Currents of 

 the West Indies, 368 ; 

 On the Gulf Stream, 

 377, 384, 390, 412 ; 

 Translation of Spanish 

 Directions for Sailing 

 To and From the West 

 Indies, &c., 519 — 523 ; 

 On Deep-Sea Thermo- 

 meters, 638 — 639 



Lloyd, Dr., On Law of 

 Winds, 113 ; On Baro- 

 metric Gradients, 117 



London, Winds, 464 



Long Island Sound, Tides, 

 283 



Longchamps Rock, 610 



Longitude, Ascertaining, 

 by means of Telegraphic 

 Signals, 7 



Loomis, Professor E., On 

 Atlantic Storms, 190 ; 

 On Areas of Low Baro- 

 metric Pressure, 224 



Los, Isles de, 570, 676 ; 

 Winds, 161 



Loudon, Captain, On the 

 Gulf Stream, 411 



Louisiana, Winds, 150 



Lourp Breakers, 610 



Lubbock, Sir J., On the 

 Tides, 271, 273 



Luminous Seas, 504 — 505 



Maalstrom, The, 610 

 Mackellar, Capt., On the 



Currents of Caribbean 



Sea, 366 

 Mackenzie, Mr. Murdoch, 



Surveys by, 3, 15 

 McKirdy, Captain J., On 



Winds off the Coasts of 



Spain and Portugal, 211 



—212 



Maclear, Sir T., Meteoro- 

 logical Observations at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, 

 114—115 



Mac Mahon, Capt. C, On 

 Causes of Wrecks near 

 Cape Finisterre, 309 



Madeira, 479, 499, 378— 

 580 ; Positions, 45, 46 

 —47; Winds, 141,. 578 ; 

 Tides, 281 ; Currents, 

 314 



Maffit, Lieut., On the 

 Gulf Stream, 387 



Magdalen Islands, 544 



Magnetic Storms, 458, ()67 



Magnetic Variation, 455 

 —458. (464) Import- 

 ance of the Compass. 

 (465) Declination, Dip, 

 and Intensity. (466) 

 Secular Variation, or 

 Change. (467) Isogonic 

 Lines. (468) Compass 

 Unreliable around Ice- 

 land. (469,470) Changes 

 Not Regular. Table of 

 Variation and Dip at 

 Greenwich, 1844—1891. 

 (471) Magnetic Storms. 



Magnetism and the Com- 

 pass, 663-676. History, 

 663 ; Definition, 663 ; 

 Terrestrial Magnetism, 

 664 ; Magnetic Poles, 



665 ; Magnetic Force, 

 665 ; Magnetic Equator, 



666 ; Declination or 

 Variation, 666 ; Mag- 

 netic Storms, 667 ; Dip 

 or Inclination, 667 ; In- 

 tensity, 667 ; Local 

 Deviation, 668 ; In Iron 

 Ships, 668 ; On Position 

 of the Compass, 669 ; 

 Dr. Scoresby's Deduc- 

 tions on the Magnetic 

 Changes, &c., in Iron 

 Ships and their Com- 

 passes, 669 ; Captain 

 F. J. Evans' Report on 

 Deviation in Iron Ships, 

 671 ; On Best Direction 

 for Building an Iron 

 Ship, 672 ; On the Posi- 

 tion and Arrangement 

 of the Compass, 672 ; 

 On Various Sources of 

 Error, 674 ; Heeling 

 Error, 674 ; Azimuth 

 Compass, 676 ; Regions 

 of great Local Devia- 

 tion, 676 ; Sub-Perma- 

 nent and Permanent 

 Magnetism, 676 



Malte-Brun, M., On the 

 Tides, 271 



