. An account of the Arctic regions [microform] : with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. TTTT 11 ., 'II. 218 ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. is, ill nautical language, distinguished into different kinds. The first effect of the wind on the water, such as that observed in small lakes or rivers in strong winds, is denominated Upper or wind-Upper, and constitutes in the high sea or in large waters, the rudiments of all larger waves. The higher waves observed in the ocean, carrying inequalities and in- ferior waves in all parts of their su
. An account of the Arctic regions [microform] : with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. TTTT 11 ., 'II. 218 ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. is, ill nautical language, distinguished into different kinds. The first effect of the wind on the water, such as that observed in small lakes or rivers in strong winds, is denominated Upper or wind-Upper, and constitutes in the high sea or in large waters, the rudiments of all larger waves. The higher waves observed in the ocean, carrying inequalities and in- ferior waves in all parts of their surface, are, collec- tively or individually, called a sea, and are distin- guished into different kinds, according to their cha- racters, properties or appearances ; such as, " a high sea," " a heavy sea," " a short sea," " a long sea," " a true sea," " a cross sea;" or, as relating to the position in which a ship traverses the surges, a ." head-sea," a " beam-sea," and so on. But the smooth undulations of the sea which remain after a storm, or which extend beyond the influence of the wind into a calm region, where no such waves took their rise, is most frequently denominated a swell. Lastly, The sublime appearance of waves in shallow water, seen also occasionally in deep seas, in which their towering summits overrunning the velocity of the hollows, are reared beyond the perpendicular, and fall over like a cascade, is, the well-known and dreaded breakers, or broken water, of the mariner. It has been intimated by Boyle, that the highest natural or ordinary waves do not rise more than. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Scoresby, William, 1789-1857. Edinburgh; [London] : Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. , Edinbur
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