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Redfield, W. C., irregularities in the 
tides at Tahiti and elsewhere sug- 
gest a movement of the tide-wave 
from west to east in the higher lati- 
tudes and the reverse in the lower, || 
xxv, 182; climate, as connected) 
with atmospheric and oceanic 
currents, 183; deserts due to the 
fact that aerial currents of the 
region are passing from colder to 
warmer latitudes, 134. 
, synopsis of Meteorological 
Journal in New York city, for 
1838, ’34, xxviii, 154 ;—observed 
winds and cloud currents, 155; 
cold of southwest winds in win- 
ter, 157 ; barometric results, 157. 
reply to J.P. Espy’s ** Notes,” 
xxvill, 3810;—tides at ‘Tahiti, 
311; course of tide-wave in N. 
Atlantic, 313; southwest wind of 
the Andes, 314; correction of a 
barometrical inaccuracy, 315; 
general atmospheric currents due, 
to the earth’s rotation and orbital 
progression, as affecting the grav- 
itation, 316; greatest influence) 
of heat shown in land and sea 
breezes, 317. 
, gales and hurricanes of the 
Western Atlantic, with a chart, 
xxxi,115;—character of, and cau- 
ses, 115-119; hurricane of Octo- 
ber, 1780, at Jamaica,showing the 
northwardly progression of, 120 ; 
hurricane of Barbadoes, October 
10, 1780, 121; Barbadoes, Sept.3, 
1835, 122; rotatory scudding in 
hurricanes, 122; routes of vari- 
ous hurricanes, 125-127; Pacific 
systems of storms same as in 
the Atlantic, 128, 129. 
, relation of Gulf Stream to an 
opposite current on the N. Amer- 
ican coast, xxxiil, 349 ;—icebergs 
carried into the Gulf Stream by 
the deeper polar current, 351, 
352; (boulders of Labradorite at 
Cocksackie, 351;) lower tempe- 
rature on shoals and shores, due 
to the submarine current, 353. 
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Redfield, W. C., meteorological 
sketches; on the atmosphere, cur- 
rents, winds, clouds, fogs, rain, 
hail, storms, water-spouts, whirl- 
winds, trade winds, circuit winds, 
and land and sea breezes, xxxiil, 
50 ;—deserts, variations of the 
barometer, 261. 
» Meteorological journal at 
New York, for 1887, with aver- 
age results for the preceding five 
years, including surface winds 
and cloud currents, and baromet- 
rical observations, xxxiv, 373. 
, on the courses of hurricanes, 
xxxv, 201;—tornado of 1885, 
206; tyfoons of the China Sea, 
209; Raleigh’s tyfoon, 210; 
Canton tyfoon of August, 1882, 
217; ibid of September, 1831, 
218; hurricanes of Asiatic Seas, 
220; law of atmospheric circu- 
lation, 222. 
, on columnar whirlwinds ex- 
cited by fires, xxxvi, 50. 
, Raleigh’s Tyfoon, xxxvi, 59. 
, meteorological register at 
New York city, for 1888 and 
1839, with the mean results for 
the last seven years, xxxvili, 323. 
, meteorological observations 
at St. John’s, Newfoundland, and 
at Canton, China, xxxvili, 265. 
, on the tornado of New Bruns- 
wick, and its whirling action, xli, 
69.f 
, on the storm of Dec. 15, 
1839, and general deductions on 
the nature of storms, xlii, 112.f 
, on the Providence tornado, 
with the evidence of its whirling 
action, xliii, 263.f 
, reply to R. Hare’s objections 
to the whirlwind theory of storms, 
xlii, 299; xlii, 250. 
, reply to R. Hare’s strictures 
on H. W. Dove’s essay on 
storms, xliv, 384. 
, on tides, and the prevailing 
currents of the ocean and atmo- 
sphere, xlv, 293. 
