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Show Slomtroni rower or Sea Rrmkers. From experiments made at Bell Rock and Skerryvolo lighthouses, on the coast of Scotland, it was found that while the force of the breakers on the side of tho German ocean may be taken at about a ton and a half to every square foot of exposed ex-posed surface, tho Atlantic side throws breakers with double that force, or three tons to the square foot; thus a surface of only two square yards sustains a blow from a heavy Atlantio breaker equal to fifty-four tons. In March, 1890, a heavy gale blew for three days and nights at Skerryvole, washing out blocks of limestone lime-stone and granite of three and five tons weight as easily as if they had been empty eggshells, in some cases throwing them entirely over tho breakwater at Plymouth. Over 300 tons of such blocks were washed 300 feet up the inclined beach after af-ter being thrown over the breakwater and scattered about in various directions. direc-tions. One block of limestone, estimated to be of 13 tons weight, was moved over 150 feet from a place in the surf whore it had been firmly grounded siuce 1G97, it having been rolled in sight by the awful aw-ful galo of tho "Windy Christmas" of that year. This is quite a high sea record for 1890, showing that the galo of March 3 was the worst known on the Scottish coast for 193 years. Sc. Louis Republic. |