A JAPANESE TYPHOON. 



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the rise, progress, and varying intensity of the storm. Of course, con- 

 siderable time must elapse before such an investigation can be com- 

 pleted ; and, unfortunately, even at best the number of accessible and 

 reliable series of observations will be greatly less than could be desired 

 for the successful study of the phenomenon. 



In the mean time we deem the matter of sufficient local interest to 

 justify a brief presentation of the principal meteorological features of 

 the storm, based ixpon observations and records made at the observa- 

 tory of the University of Tokio. 



Although it can hardly be said that this storm gave any marked in- 

 dications of its immediate approach, yet it is important to observe that 



Chaet showixg the Height of the Barometer feom 8 a. m. on the 3d to 



2 p. M. ON THE 4Tn OF OCTOBER, 1880. 



Height of Barometer in 

 Inches. 



there was a steady fall in the barometer from the previous Thursday 

 September 30th up to the time of maximum violence of the wind. 

 The first of the accompanying charts exhibits the barometric curve 



