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Art. XV. — Synopsis of a Meteorological Journal, kept in the 

 city of New York for the years 1838 and 1839, including also 

 the mean results of the last seven years ; by W. C. Redfield. 



(Reported to the Regents of the University of the State of New York.) 



The observations which I have made on the direction of the 

 surface winds, and also on the direction of the highest observed 

 wind in the region of clouds, for periods of four hours duration, 

 commencing at 6 A. M., and ending with 10 P. M., are comprised 

 in the following tables.* 



* For summaries of the observations from 1833 to 1837 inclusive, see the Reports 

 of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, made to the legislature 

 in 1835 and 1837, and Am. Jour, of Science, Vol. xxviii, pp. 154—159, and Vol. 

 XXXIV, pp. 373—376. 



