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PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



ed detail of the circumstances connected with the tornado, 

 as my esteemed friend. Professor Forshey, is preparing a 

 history thereof, a copy of which you will receive in due 

 time. With respect, H. TOOLEY. 



The atmospheric temperature from the first to the sixth 

 day of May, was higher than on the same days of the five 

 preceding years. The range of the thermometer and ba- 

 rometer of the days mentioned, together with the winds and 

 weather will be seen in the following table. 



Remarks on each day. 1. Darkly overcast all day, and 

 very hazy. 2. Overcast, very hazy, dense cumuli, cirri of 

 every form, windy all night 3. Large cumuli, under scud 

 5, thunder, dense cumuli ; the evening closes very hazy, 

 but cloudless. 4. Morning clouds, a few cirri, the sun sets 

 brilliantly. 5. Cirri without a cloud thin cirri over- 

 cast. 6. Overcast all day, sprinkle of rain. 



The seventh day was ushered in densely overcast, and 

 very warm, with a brisk wind at S. 4, increasing at noon, 

 and veering to the E. 5. At meridian, the southwestern 

 sky assumed a darker and more tempestuous aspect, the 

 gloom and turbulence increasing every moment. At 12.45 



