CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION v 



SECTION FIRST. 

 THEORY DEDUCED FROM PHYSICAL LAWS ... 1 



SECTION SECOND. 



THEORY CONFIRMED BY AN EXHIBITION OF ITS POWER IN 

 EXPLAINING PHENOMENA 38 



SECTION THIRD. 

 LABORS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE . . . 77 



SECTION FOURTH. 

 INVESTIGATION OF STORMS. 



Storm of 26th January, 1839 173 



Storm of 15th December, 1839 183 



SECTION FIFTH. 



EXAMINATION OF REID'S, PIDDINGTON'S, AND LOOMIS'S 

 STORMS. 

 COL. REID'S STORMS ....... 188 



Savannah la Mar Hurricane, 3d October, 1780 . 190 



Great Barbadoes Hurricane of October 11, 1780 . 193 

 Antigua Hurricane, 2d August, 1837, at Antigua, . 201 

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