SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



268 



THE 



WINDS OF THE GLOBE : 



LAWS OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OVER THE SURFACE 



OF THE EARTH. 



BY 



JAMES HENRY COFFm, LL.D., 



PROFESSOR OF irATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA. 



THE TABLES COMPLETED, ON THE AUTHOR'S DECEASE, AND MAPS DRAWN 



SELDEN JEXNINGS COFFIIsT, A.M., 



iCn PliOFESSOK. OP MATHEMATICS IN LAFAYETTE COLLEnE, PESNSri>V AXIA. 



DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF THE TABLES AND CHARTS 



Br 



Dr. ALEXANDER WOEIKOF, 



LATE SECEETART OP THE METBOBOLOOIC AL COMMITTED OP IHE IMPUKIAL QEOOKAPHICAL 

 SOCIETY OF RUSSIA. 



WASHINGTON CITY: 

 PTJBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



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