ARTICLE VII. 



Observations on the Storm ofBecemher 15, 1839. By William C. Redjield, A. M. 



Read January 15, 1841. 



In the table and map which are annexed to these remarks will be found the 

 observations which have been obtained of the direction of wind in this storm, 

 in the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and 

 parts of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. 



The arrows on the map denote, approximately, the direction of wind, at or 

 near the hour of noon, at the several places of observation. The concentric 

 lines, drawn at intervals of thirty miles, were added, not as precisely indicating 

 the true course of the wind, but to afford better means of comparison for the 

 several observations. 



It will be seen, that of forty-eight distinct sets of observations, which are 

 comprised in the annexed schedule, about thirty are derived from the meteoro- 

 logical journals of scientific and intelligent observers, or from the log-books of 

 vessels exposed to the storm. And I take this occasion to offer my thanks to 

 the gentlemen who have so kindly furnished me with their observations. 



The position assumed for the axis of the gale, at noon, should, perhaps, be 

 nearly in line with the position of the ship Morrison and Cape Cod Bay; at 

 which places the wind was then blowing from opposite points of the compass, 

 but not in actually opposing directions, The Morrison was from China, bound 

 to New York ; and I have reason to believe that her position at noon may be 

 safely relied on. The violence of the gale was here so great that the ship, as 

 I am informed, was lying to without canvass. This ship had encountered the 

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