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The President, Mr. HASELWoOD, remarked upon the unsatistac- 
tory state in which Meteorology stood, and upon the general ignorance 
respecting it; at the same time pointing out the great advantages 
which must accrue from its patient, careful, and intelligent study He 
was inclined to think that the humidity of the atmosphere had a great 
deal to do with winds as well as heat. 
Mr. G. ScorT considered it unfair to make comparisons when the 
results were tabulated at different elevations: for the purposes of 
comparison the return should be from places of the same elevation. 
Mr. SAWYER remarked that returns which had been forwarded to 
him from Rotherham, in the North of England, showed that Brighton 
experienced nearly double the amount of wind which that place did. 
Mr. E. HAMBLIN questioned whether elevations made such a 
great difference in the wind as was supposed. 
The PRESIDENT : You have only to take a walk up to the Downs 
to find the difference. 
q Mr. H. SAUNDERS thought the upper part of a cyclone was sure 
to travel swifter than the lower, as was the case with a stream of 
_ <water. 
Mr. SEWELL controverted the supposition that Brighton should 
be avoided in March in consequence of the prevalence of winds. 
There was far more wind in the Eastern Counties than in Brighton 
during this month. It was most desirable that this should be known, 
_ in order that the prejudice against Brighton which obtained in some 
q ~ quarters might be removed. 
The PRESIDENT and Mr. A. DOWSETT both corroborated Mr. 
Sewell’s statement with respect to there being much more wind in the 
Eastern Counties than in this part of the country. 
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Mr. SAWYER promised to obtain what returns were procurable as 
_ to the character and quantity of the winds in March. He also took 
‘ this opportunity of mentioning two facts which he had not referred to 
E in his paper. First, cyclones had a two-fold movement ; they moved 
_ onwards as well as round, though but comparatively slowly. Second, 
anti-cyclones sometimes appear in a place, develop, and then dis- 
appear. 
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