Height of Waves.
The measurements of waves by Sooresby, whioh are regarded as very accurate, proved that during storms waves in the Atlantic rarely exceed 40 feet from hollow to crest, the space between the crests being 660 feet and their speed 82 3_ miles on hour. More recent observations taken in the Atlantic give from 44 to 48 feet as the highest measured waves, but such heights are rarely reached, and Indeed waves exceeding 80 feet are said to be seldom encountered. The monsoon waves at Rurrachel breakwater works were found to dash over the wall to the depth of 18 feet or about 40 feet above the mean sea level.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2624, 26 October 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)
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