PROFESSOR LOOMIS'S STORM. 



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tor's account, that the centripetal tendency of the wind in 

 this storm was quite marked. 



Chart, showing the course of the wind on the morning of the 21st Sept.,. 

 1839, in the storm at tlie head of the Bay of Bengal. 



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BAY OE, BENGAL 



No. 



1. Calcutta, P. W. at 5, A. M., squalls and 



rain, wind changed from N. W. after 

 midnight, with lieavy gusts and rain. 



2. Moorshrdabad, N. W. all day with tre- 



mendous gusts of wind and rain. This 

 station is about 90 or 100 miles north 

 of Calcutta. 



3. Maldah, X. to N. W. all nightof 20th, and 



day of 2Lsttill 3, P. M., "abating gradu- 

 ally till 10J. 



4. Rungypore, at 10 o'clock 30 min., A. M., 



of 2()th, a storm commenced N. E., 

 and continued till 1, A. M. of 21st, but 

 increased again, until from 8 to 10 A. 

 M., it blew very hard between N. and 

 N.E. 



5. Chilakhal, wind N. E. all day 20th and 



21st. 



6. Jamalpore, wind E. on 21st, varying a 



little S. of E., severe all night of 20th, 

 diminishing all next day, lieavy rain. 



7. Dacca, S. E., hard with heavy rain at. 3, 



A. M. of 21st, with heavy squalls till 

 6, A. M., when the rain ceased. 



8. Coin'illa, P. E. by S. all night of 20th, and 



morning of 21st, heavy showers of 

 rain. 



9. Burrisaul, very violent S. E. till after 



midnight of 2l!th, then settled S,, 

 changing to W. on morning of 21st. 



Professor Loomis^s Storm. 



170. On the morning of the 18th December, 1836, says 

 Professor Loomis/ the barometer was at an unusual height 



1 Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., vol. vii. p. 150, new series. (Prof. Elias Loomis, 

 of Western Reserve College, Ohio.) 



