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APPENDIX. 



[Amherst, Mass, by Professor E. S. Snell.] 

 1839. Bar. Ther. Wind. 



Dec. 14, 9, A. M. 29.78 30 N. W. Some haze in South. 

 14, 3, P. M. 29.77 36 N. W. Thinly clouded over, 



moving from S. W. 

 Snow began in night. 

 " 15, 9. A.M. 29.36 26 N.byW. Snows fast from W. 



ofN. 

 " 15, 3, P. M. 29.00 28 N. by W. No abatement of the 



storm. 

 " 15, 7. P. M. 28.90 Bar. begins to ascend 



slow after 7. 

 " 16, 9, A. M. 29.14 28 N. W. Storm continues with 



some abatement. 



16, 3, P. M. 29.26 28 N. W. Snows but little after 



noon, clears at evening, 

 18 inches of snow, mak- 

 ing 2.65 inches water. 



All Sunday, (15th,) the wind was slightly W. of N. I did not per- 

 ceive it N. E. at all. 



43. At Northampton, Mr. C. A. Hall says, during the storm of 15th, 

 the wind was very strong and north exactly, or if it varied at all, it was 

 a little east of north. It began about 1, A. M., and the barometer fell 

 from 29.88 to 29.05, and Mr. Shepherd gives the wind N. all day, with 

 barometer lowest at 4, P. M., having fallen from the eve of 14, from 

 29.94 to 29.13, and on 16th, N. all day, cloudy. 



44. Mr. Gideon Welles, of Hartford, says: "During the storm of the 

 15th, the wind blew from the north west during the whole day. To- 

 wards evening it varied a point, perhaps, towards the north." 



Mr. George Halsey, of River Head, near the eastern end of Long 

 Island, says, on the 14th, at 8, P. M., the wind was E. S. E., at 1 o'clock, 

 A. M., of 15, due E., and at 2, do. ; commenced snowing. At 10, wind 

 N., afternoon. 



At Providence, R. I., according to the observations of Professor Cas- 

 well, of Brown University, the wind on the 15th was "brisk at N. E., 

 which continued till 2, P. M. The barometer continued to fall till 4, 

 P. M., and remained stationary till near 7, P. M., and the wind still at 

 N. E. and cloudy." The Professor adds, "1 am not particular to mark 

 the exact point of compass, nor, indeed, have I any means of doing so." 

 It appears probable that this locality was in or near the border of central 

 lull, after 2, P. M. 



At Middletown, Ct.,as I am informed by Professor Smith of the Wes- 

 leyan University, the gale set in at N. N. E., and continued to snow and 

 blow very hard during the 15th; the wind rather veered round to N., in 

 which quarter the wind was very strong at the close of the day. 



At Nashua, N. H. on the Merrimack, as we are informed by the Nashua 

 Telegraph, " the storm of the 15th was from N. E." 



Mr. Redfield says: At Athens, Hudson and Catskill, from information 

 on which I can place implicit reliance, the wind at this time was north, 



