66 New Theories of the Great Forces. 



If a metallic rod terminating in a point be 

 attached to the conductor of an electrical ma- 

 chine, electricity escapes in large quantities 

 from the point. A continuous current is thus 

 kept up and the flame of a taper, if placed in 

 front of the current, is blown in a horizontal 



MANUFACTURED WIND. 



PI. IV. 



direction. Wind is thus manufactured on a 

 small scale. PL IV. 



At a recent meeting of a Meteorological 

 Society in England, a paper was read by 

 the REV. JOSEPH CROMPTON, M.A., F.M.S. 

 " The author, when walking close to the 

 Cathedral of Norwich, was struck with the 

 unusual fluttering of the flags on the top of 



