The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Cirrus

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The highest and least dense of cloud formation; it is of many varieties in relation to shape and extent.

Vessel under jury rig, with the four cloud forms — stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus
Vessel under jury rig, with the four cloud forms — stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus
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