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hope, that the attention of antiquaries may be drawn to the 
subject, which promises tobe of general interest, as ] understand 
that shoes composed of brass or bronze, more or less like those, 
have been found in other parts of Ireland.” 
DeceMBER 9, 1850. 
HUMPHREY LLOYD, D.D., Presipent, 
in the Chair. 
Tue President communicated the following account of the 
Cyclone of the 19th of November. 
* The leading phenomena of revolving storms at a given 
place are,—1. the veering of the wind through an angle rang- 
ing from 0° to 180°, its magnitude depending on the proximity 
of the centre of the cyclone; 2. the gradual increase and sub- 
sequent decrease of its force; 3. the fall and rise of the ba- 
rometer. All these characters were distinctly exhibited at 
Dublin on the 18th and 19th of last month. The gale com- 
menced about 12 p.m. of the 18th, and gradually increased in 
force until 1 or 2 vp. m. of the following day, after which it di- 
minished again. Before it commenced, in the afternoon of the 
18th, the direction of the wind was singularly variable, shift- 
ing rapidly between S. and E. During the greater part of 
the forenoon of the 19th, it blew from the S.; at noon from 
S.W.; at 6 Pp. m. from W.; and between 1 and 2 a. M. of the 
following day its direction shifted suddenly to N.N.W., and 
it continued between N. and W. the whole of the day. The 
barometer underwent a corresponding series of changes, the 
mercury falling rapidly until near noon, and then rising again. 
The least observed height was 28-290 inches, at 10 a.m. 
*¢ Tsoon after received from Dr. Robinson and Mr. Cooper 
detailed accounts of the gale, as observed at Armagh and 
Markree, from which its rotatory character was still more evi- 
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