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Cologne, S. S. E., S. E., min., 



s., w.s. w., s.w. 



Coblentz, S. W., min., S., S.W. 

 Salzuflen, S. E., min., S. 

 Wetzlar, S. S. E., min., S.S.W., 



S.W. 

 Minden, S. E., min., S. 

 Carlsruhe, S., min., S.W. 

 Gottingen, S. E., S. S. E., min., 



S.W. 

 Regensburg, E., S. E., min. 

 Augsburg, S. W., min., W. 

 Quedlinburg, E., min., S.W. 

 Zellerfeld, S., min., W. 

 Leipsic, S. W., min., S. 







Zschoppau, min., at S. W. 

 Annaberg, S, E., min., 



s. w., w. 



Prague, W., min., S. W., 



W. 

 Breslau, S. W., min., S. 

 Leobschutz, S. 

 Dantzic, S., min., S. 

 Konigsberg, S. E., min., W. 

 Tilsit, S. W., S. E., min., W. 

 Petersburg, S. E., E., S. E., 



S. S. E., min. 

 Geneva, S. E., min. 

 Zurich, E., min., S. E., W. 

 St. Gall, S. E., S. S. E., min., 



S.E. 



4. Modified, on the South side of the Alps. 



S., S. S.W. 



Milan, W., S. W., min., W., 



S.E. 

 Pavia, S. E., min., S. W. 

 Modena, S. E., min., S. W., W. 

 Padua, W., S., min., N. 



min. 



Florence, 



S.W. 

 Rome, S. S. E., S., min., S.S.E., 



fe., o. S. E. 

 Molfetta, S. E., S., min., S.S.W. 



The two views which I have thus contrasted have recently 

 formed, the subject of a very animated, discussion. On the one 

 side Mr. Redfield, of New York, has been led, by a most careful 

 examination of the phenomena accompanying the very frequent 

 storms on the coasts of the United. States, to the same conclu- 

 sion as that which I had arrived at for Europe. On the other 

 hand, the view enounced by Brande has also found an American 

 supporter in Mr. Espy of Philadelphia. The tornado of the 19th 

 of June, 1835, gave occasion to Mr. Espy to assume the hy- 

 pothesis of centripetal storms. After the tornado* Mr. Bache 

 and Mr. Espy visited the site of a wood over which it had passed, 

 for the purpose of examining the direction in which the trees 



* Notes and diagrams illustrative of the directions of the forces acting at and 

 near the surface of the earth, in different parts of the Brunswick tornado of June 

 19th, 1835. 



