14 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Mr. A. B. Jonson made a communication on 
SOME ECCENTRICITIES OF OCEAN CURRENTS, 
[Abstract. ] 
The records of the Light House Board show that no less than 
eleven buoys of various patterns have gone adrift from the waters 
of the United States and been found at distant points where ocean 
currents have carried them. Many of these were not so fully iden- 
tified that their precise original station could be indicated. In the 
case of a few, it has been determined that they were swept from 
the harbor and bay of New York by the outgoing ice in the winter 
of 1880-81 when nineteen buoys were carried to sea. 
1. In the spring of 1871, a buoy was picked up on the west coast 
of Ireland. 
2. In March, 1871, the Norwegian vessel Vance picked up a buoy 
in lat. 42° 22’, long. 26° 38’. 
3. In February, 1881, a buoy went ashore on one of the cays 
near Turk’s island. This was recognized as a New York buoy. 
4. May 17, 1881, the steamer William Dickinson passed a whist- 
ling buoy in lat. 29° 46’, long. 77° 38. 
5. In March, 1881, a buoy of the largest size, likewise referred 
to New York, was found near Bermuda. 
6. In February, 1882, a Sandy Hook buoy was found near Ber- 
muda. 
7. In February or March, 1882, a buoy was washed ashore at 
Pendeen Cove, Penzance Bay, England. 
8. In the spring of 1882, the Swedish bark Abraham Lincoln 
picked up a buoy in lat. 32° 30’, long. 28° 40’. 
9. October 22, 1883, a buoy was picked up on the east side of 
Teneriffe in lat. 28° 21’, long. 16° 15’. 
10. October, 1883, a second buoy was picked up fifteen miles 
from the east coast of Teneriffe. 
11. August 20, 1883, the British bark Jane Richardson picked 
up a buoy in lat. 24° 11’, long. 32° 48’, 
