Excerpt from The Law of Storms: The True Principle of the Law of Storms, Practically Arranged for Both Hemispheres My Treatise on the Law of Storms has now reached a fifth edition; and so great a success on the part of my little work seems to call for a few remarks from me. For more than fourteen years the theory of the Law of Storms, as a theory, was favourably received by intelligent nautical men; but, in the course of their practical experience, they discovered that, by assuming a given track in certain latitudes for the progressive motion of the entire meteor, they frequently became involved in a dangerous centre. It was this consideration, stimulated by circumstances which I have mentioned in the introduction to the First Edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.