124 Additional Objections to Redfield’s Theory of Storms. 
objections to what he considers as the ‘established character of 
storms,” he had hesitated to answer them. This cannot excite 
surprise, when it is recollected ‘that the whole modern meteoro- 
logical school,” and likewise “Sir John Herschel,” are accused by 
him of a “grand error,” in not ascribing all atmospheric winds 
* solely to the gravitating power as connected with the saps = 
orbitual sidatione of the earth.” 
42. For this denunciation he has no better siaeti than that on 
which he deems his theory to be above my reach, that is to say, 
because himself and others have. made some observations shew- 
ing that in-certain storms, agreeably to log-book records, certain 
ships have had the wind in a way to indicate gyration. Being 
under the impression, that in many instances no better answer 
need be given to Mr. Redfield’s opinions than that created in the 
minds of scientific readets by his own language, I will here quote 
his denunciation of reece of ane ice ie gm neat wes 
of Herschel. e 
oS ied The tetedh orci ttle: which thovile isidaah eficine 
roleptitte appear to have fallen, consists in-ascribing to heat and 
rarefaction the origin and support of the great atmospheric cur- 
rents which are found to prevail over a great portion of the slobe.” 
* * * “ An adequate and undeniable cause for the production 
of the phenomena * * I consider is furnished in the rotative mo- 
tion of the earth upon tts axis, in which originate the centrifugal 
and other modifying influences of the gravitating power, which 
must always operate upon the great oceans of fiuid and aérial 
matter, which rest upon the earth's crust, producing of necessity 
se great currents to which we have alluded.” (See this Jour- 
hal, Vol. xxvut, p. 316.) Speaking of Sir John. Herschel’s ex- 
planation of the trade winds and others, Mr, Redfield alleges, 
sa en John has however erred, like his predecessors, in ascribing 
y, tf not primarily, to heat and rarefaction those results 
reer should have been ascribed solely to mechanical gravitation 
erent ae the rotalive an soem atotion: o the earth's 
surface.” — 
Ad ean. surprising - ‘thatit-did not ‘occur to the sathiot of 
annual reVelationeei tout planet—and that when he found him- 
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