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MR. BARHAM, in NATURE (vol. viii. p. 249), concludes that “a cyclone is occasioned by the meeting and passing each other of a northerly and a southerly current, so that they pass each other on the left hand respectively.” Supposing this to be true for the northern hemisphere, we must for the southern hemisphere substitute right hand for left.
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MURPHY, J. Cyclones. Nature 20, 56 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020056a0
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