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1922 SWATOW, CHINA TYPHOON BAROGRAPH TRACING

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1922 SWATOW, CHINA TYPHOON BAROGRAPH TRACING
1922 SWATOW, CHINA TYPHOON BAROGRAPH TRACING
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1922 SWATOW, CHINA TYPHOON BAROGRAPH TRACING
Copy of the barograph tracing made at the meteorological observatory at Swatow, China during the devastating typhoon which destroyed the city on Aug. 1-2, 1922. The tracing, given to the master of a commercial ship by the Swatow weather bureau, shows the barometer reaching a low of 27.19. With period envelope which contained the tracing. The Swatow Typhoon was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused thousands of deaths in the Chinese city of Swatow (now Shantou), making it the fourth deadliest typhoon in Asian history.
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1922 SWATOW, CHINA TYPHOON BAROGRAPH TRACING

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