Terrific Typhoon; New 220 m.p.h. Wind-Gauge At the beginning of September, 1937, when a very large proportion of Shanghai's foreign population was temporarily "concentrated" in Hongkong, a typhoon of terrific intensity struck the Island Colony, the velocity of the winds being at times well beyond the recording capacities of the various anemometers in Victoria and Kowloon. It was a thrilling might for all and for meny it was a miserable one as the winds and rains howled and beat their way in through broken windows and doors, flung advertising billboards far and wide and created general havoc.
The Royal Hongkong Observatory anemometer on Observatory Hill could not record above 160 miles an hour and was broken by the winds which, accord to estimates, reached 180 miles dh hour on frequent occasions. Determined not to let this sort of thing happen again, the Royal Observatory has now just installed a new anemometer which is capable, among other things of recording wind velocities up to 220 miles an hour and simultaneously indicating the direction of the. wind. The anemometer is called the "Dines" pressure tube anemometer and with it Hongkong should be able to record the maximum wind velocity in the sev-crest typhoon's; last year's typhoon was reported to have seta world record.
The construction of the instrument
'two independent parts—the hea is extremely simple. It consists of Which is the part exposed to the wind, and which, at the Royal Observatory, towers 30 feet above the roof, and the recording apparatus, Which is set up on the first floor verandah of the Observatory. These two points are connected with each other by two. metal tubes.
The head consists of a vane formed of a-horizontal tube open at one end, and supported on the top of a vertical tube in which it leads. Just below the vane this vertical tube is surrounded by another of much larger diameter, the exterior of which is perforated by four rings of hole: placed close together around its circum ference.
The recorder consists of a float, which is a specially shaped cylindripartial solution of the cotton surplus problem, the Senator explained that the scheme would enable the disposal of 13,400,000 bales of cotton in the world market and the importation of 670,000,000 ounces of silver. The plan, it is expected, will be proposed d ing the next session of Congress. Reuter.
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