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246 Climatology of the United States. 
The different degree of severity in the winters of 
of the elements of a perturbation so induced, utterly 
culation ; since the primary and oye west elements of the 
change are beyond the possibility of being known.” This 18 ® 
owever mentions some conclusions which we - 
of great iniportance with reference to the phenomena of storms. 
On page 195 he says, “On the Pacific coast, rain always bene 
— at the northernmost stations than ’ the = adele j 
and on page 381, he says, “the general winter storms O° ” 
United States come from 4 point meth of west at the MississiPF 
river.” If Mr. Blodget means by these statements that in 0% 
ordinary winter storms on the Pacific coast and near the Missis- 
Sippi river on the parallel of 40 degrees, the point of grea ors 
barometric depression travels from northwest to southeath Te 
confess that this is something new to us, and invite him to 
a case and produce his testimony. , 
On page 387 Mr. Blodget states that about the Ist of Januny’ 
1855, storms were experienced well nigh simultaneously a Ab 
Pacific coast, throughout the Mississippi Valley, along the 
Jantic coast, in England, on the Baltic Sea, and even to 7 ough 
Indiés and the Sandwich Islands; and seems to intimate t od 8 
in asomewhat guarded manner, that all these constitu’. 
effect but one great storm. If Mr. Blodget _ —— nf ; 
storm, tracing its progress clearly from day to day ov 
distance hese and, he will pisoreniak vhs no one has bith 
erto succeeded in doing. 
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