Book Description: Henry Piddington, President of Marine Courts, Calcutta, The Sailor’s Horn-Book for the Law of Storms: Being a Practical Exposition of the Theory of the La of Storms, and its Uses to Mariners of All Classes, in All Parts of the World, Shewn by Transparent Storm Cards and Useful Lessons. London: Frederic Norgate, 1899, 408 pages. Seventh Edition. Fold-Out maps in rear. 5 ¾” x 8 ½”. Gilt decorated cover on brown boards. Hinges cracked and splitting of cloth on spine. Clean pages and good binding.  Over-all G to VG. The author was of the foremost ocean scientists of his age, being among the first to scope the power and particulars of massive sea storms.