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from the S. E., as it did, in exact conformity with the centri- 

 petal theory. 



10th. At Cape May it changed round from N. E. by E., 

 and at Cape Henlopen it changed round from N. E. by N., 

 in conformity with the centripetal, and entirely contradictory 

 to the centrifugal theory. 



llth. Both in Norfolk and New York, the wind set in from 

 near the N. E., and at the termination blew from the S. W., 

 which is the experimentum crucis in favor of the centripe- 

 tal theory, and utterly inconsistent with the other. In like 

 manner at Ocracock, it set in E. S. E. and terminated S. S. W., 

 and out at sea, in the extreme eastern borders of the storm, 

 the wind blew for eight or ten hours from S. E. and S. by E., 

 with but little change, as it ought to do, if the wind does 

 actually blow towards the centre of the storm. 



12th. At the time the wind changed round to S. S. W. 

 at Ocracock, it was blowing at Norfolk a violent gale N. E., 

 nearly towards Ocracock. Now as these places are 130 

 miles apart, and nearly on opposite sides of the storm at 

 that moment, it is utterly impossible, according to the whirl- 

 wind theory, that the wind at Ocracock should be blowing 

 towards Norfolk, and at the same time, the wind at Norfolk 

 be blowing towards Ocracock. And this fact is entirely con- 

 sistent with the centripetal theory. 



The wind also changed round at Norfolk, S. W., before it 

 set in from the N. E. at New York. Also two ships at sea, 

 opposite the Jersey coast, had the wind blowing a gale from 

 E. S. E. to S. S. E. At the same time, the wind was violent 

 at Philadelphia and Reedy Island from N. N. E. to ]N[. W. 

 Now these places were nearly in opposite sides of the storm ; 

 the wind was therefore centripetal as it blew from each to- 

 wards the other. Also, while the storm was passing over 

 Connecticut, the wind blew constantly, in the S. E. corner, 

 from the S. E., while at the same time, in the N. W. corner 

 of the state, the wind was blowing a furious gale from the 



