THE 



PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



Br JAMES P. ESPY, A. M. 



MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF 

 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON. 



Felix qui potuit reruin cognoscere causas. Virgil. 



BOSTON: 



CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN. 



MDCCCXLI. 



