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On Storms and Meteorological 
from different journals a number of notes on the very temarkable 
meteorological phenomena of the last summer, and hoped to be able. 
todraw from them some conclusions in regard to the general progress 
of the season. But on comparing them, I find the inferences I ex- 
_ pected to. make are not quite-certain. It is however worthy of par- 
ticular remark, that the month of July was, not only in Germany and 
France but as far south as Naples, rainy, changeable and cold; whilst 
in Russia, pNorways. part of Sweden and the North Sea, it was dry 
and warm. -In America, it must have been cold in the northern. part 
of the United States and hot at the south. These however are only 
some general conclusions; to be drawn from the MR aE just 
mentioned. 
_ “If it were possible to collect sioniiaaianiaan statements somewhat 
more. exact, (were it only for the continent of Europe,) it is probable 
that very interesting consequences might be deduced from them. If 
We could, for example, color maps of Europe for each of the three 
hundred and sixty five days of the year, according to the aspect of 
the heavens on each day, we should discover at a glance, the bounda- 
nies of a great stormy cloud which covered Germany and France 
during the whole of the month of July. We should see whether 
the limits of this cloud were extended gradually towards the north, 
or whether new clouds were formed suddenly in the different lati- 
tudes and longitudes, and whether whole kingdoms were oe js 
, them z 
: “Whatever absurdity some persons may find-d in the idea of these 
> Colored maps, representing the atmospherical changes, I believe 
‘hevertheless that it is worthy of being carried into execution. It is 
at least certain that three hundred and sixty five small maps of Eu- 
Tope, colored to represent in one place a blue sky, in another clouds, 
Whether light; or massy; or rain,. with little arrows at each place of 
vation to denote the direction of the wind, if we were to connect _ 
with them some definite indications of the temperature, would com- 
_ Municate more pleasure and instruction than the most —: me- 
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teorological tables. 
“For making a trial in accordance with these ‘deta; it would be 
necessary to procure the observations of fifty or sixty different sta- 
tions, scattered over the region between the Pyrenees and the Ural 
Mountains. _ Although this distribution would leave many points un- 
determined, we should nevertheless obtain something altogether new. 
If you could contribute something towards furnishing me with regis- — 
ters of observations after this plan, I would gilingly take upon my- 
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