'chedule of Observations on the Direction of Wind in the Storm of December 15th, 1839 : With a Map indicating the Direction 

 of the Wind at or near the hour of Noo?i. By William C. Redfield. 



0. Places of Observation 



Nantucket, Ms. . 

 Woodville, Ms. . 



Barnstable, Ms. . 



Do. 



New Bedford, Ms 



Do. 



Newport, R. I. . 

 Cape Cod Bay, . 

 Provincetovvu, Ms. 

 Providence, R.I. . 

 Norwich, Ct. 

 Culloden Point, N.Y. 

 Boston, Ms. 



Do. 

 Gloucester, Ms. . 

 Salem, Bis. 

 Waltham, Ms. 

 Worcester, Ms. . 

 Middletown, Ct. . 



Do. 

 New Haven, Ct. . 



Do. 

 Ship Morrison, at sea 



Lat 39° 35 N. Lou. 71° 60 W. 



Portsmouth, N. H. 



Nashua, N. H. 



r Northampton, Ms. 



r Amherst, Ms. . 



Litclilield, Ct. . 



Stratford, Ct. 



Fire Island Beach, N.Y 



Concord, N. H. . 

 Keene, N. H. . 

 West Point, N.Y. 

 New- York City, . 

 FortWood, N.Y. Harbor 

 Flatbush, N.Y. . 

 Sandy Hook Bay, N.Y 

 Portland, Me. 

 Hanover, N.H. . 

 Salem, N.Y. 

 ; Albany, N.Y. . 

 iLansingburgh, N.Y. 

 Kinderhook. N.Y. 

 Kingston, N.Y. . 

 Goshen, N.Y. . 

 Bark Ann Louisa, ofFAb 



secom, X. J. 



Trenton, N. J. . 

 Cape May, N.J. . 



A.M. 



E. 



N. E. at 7 a. m. . 

 Gale from S. E. . 

 Sunrise, N.E. mod. 



do. E. fresh, 



N. E. . 



E.S. E. 



E. S. E. 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 

 "clianged 

 Sunrise, N. E. 



E. byN. 



E. S.E. 

 Eastward. . 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 



N. N. E. 



N. . 



N. by W. 



N. N. E. 

 S.E.: W. N. W 



E. 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 



N. by W. 

 Night of 14, 15, N 



N. by W. 

 Midnight, N. E. : 



veered by N. 



Northeasterly. 



N. E. . 



N. 

 N.byW.:N.N.W 



N. 



N. 



N. 

 N. E. : at 11 E. 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 



N. N. E, 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 



N. E, . 



W. N. W. 



Noon. 



S.E. at Ip. m. 

 "A littles, of E." 



[E. S. E.] 



[E.byN.] 



P.M. 



N. W. 

 N. W. 



:J5-j[E.n=N.]J 



N. E. . 



E. S. E. 



E. S. E. 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 

 N. W. at Noon.'' 

 E.N.E. 

 E.by] 



E. S. E. 

 Eastward. . 



[E.N. E.] 



N. E. . 



] [N.byE.] 

 I [N. 3° E.] 



W. N. W. 

 E. 



N. E. . 



[N.N.E.] 



[N. N.E.] 

 N. by W. 

 N. N. W. 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 

 N. 



N. N. W. 

 [N.N.W.] 

 [N.N.W.] 

 N. W. 

 [E. 6° S. mean.] 

 [ N. E. ] 

 N. E. . 



I [N. 28° E.] ^ 



N. E. . 

 N. E. . 

 [N. N. E.] 

 N. W. 



N. W. 

 N. W. 



s. w. 



Clouds broke atW. 



before C P. M. 



E. at 2 p.m.: S. E. 



at Sunset. 



S.W. p. m. : Clear 



at Sunset. 



2p.m. E. N. E.:34 



p. m. S. 



do.E: Sunsets SE 



N. E. 

 E. S.E. at 2;;. 77!. 



E. S. E. . 



N. E. . 

 N. E. . 



E. 



Sunset, E. S. 



E. by N. 



E. S. E. 

 Eastward. . 



E. 



N. E. . 



N. 



N. N. E. . 



N. N. W. , 

 N. N.E. till li;).7« 



W. N. W. . 



E. 



N. E. . 



N. E. . 



N. by W. . 

 N. at Night of 15th. 



N. by W. 



N. N. W, 



N.E. and more N'ly 

 N. E. . 

 N. 



N.W. by N 

 N. W. 

 N. W. 

 N. W. 

 E. byS. 

 N. 



N. E. . 

 N. E. . 

 N. 



N. E. . 

 N. E. . 

 N. 

 N.W. . 



N.W. . 

 N.W. . 



Observers and Authorities. 



Report of James Mitchell, as published by Mr. Espy. [Nantucket. 



Observations on board Steamboat Telegraph, by William Mitchell of 



Report to Editor of Boston Courier. > I take tlie mean of E. and S. E_ 



Letter of Wm. H. Brown toW. C.R. i fortrucdirection at Noon, w.c.r. 



Joseph Congdon's Meteorological Journal, i Itakt E.hyN.as the mean 



Sam'l Rodman's, do. as publ'd by Mr. Espy. ) for Noon. 



Meteorological Journal published at Newport. 



Report of Capt. Slemmer, Brig Columbus. 



Marine Reports in Boston Newspapers. 



Professor Caswell's Meteorological Journal. 



Norwich Courier. 



Capt. Green's Account, as published by Mr. Espy. 



Wm. Cranch Bond's Meteorl. Journal. II take the mean of the observa- 



Robert Treat Paine's Observations. ) tions at Noon. 



Letter from Gloucester, in the Boston Newspapers. 



Salem Gazette. 



Monthly Met. Jour., by C. F., in the Boston Daily Centinel. 



Met. Journal at State Lunatic Hospital — in National jiEgis. 



Reported by Professor Smith. > ^ , , . , .^ 



r. Tj ..I HT • T 1 ( ■' toke N. by E. for the mean at moii. 



Dr. Barratt s Met. Journal. ) a j 



Report of Capt. Woolsey, Steamboat Providence. ) I take themeanof 



Judge Darling's Meteorological Journal. J N. 3° E. 



Ship's Log Book — also, Statements of Capt. Benson and his Officers. 



Weekly Meteorological Journal, published at Portsmouth. 



Nashua Telegraph. 



Observations of W.Atwill and others. > I assume the approximate mean 



Professor Snell's Met. Journal. j ofN. N. E.for Noon. 



Litchfield Enquirer. Asstimed mean for noon of 15th, N. N. E. 



Rev. J. R. Linsley's Meteorological Journal. 



Captains Cartwright and Skiddy, employed at the Beach. 



Letter from Concord to S. G. Arnold ; from Mr. Arnold. 



Rev. Z. S. Barstow's Meteorological Journal. 



Meteorological Journal of the Medical Department. 



Meteorological Journal of W. C. Redfield. 



Met. Journal of Medical Ofiicer. Mean of N. N. W. taken for Noon. 



Rev. T. M. Strong's Met. Jour. Mean of N. N. fV. assumed for Noon. 



Log Book of Bark Osceola. 



Met. Report of Keeper of Marine Observatory : Published at Portland. 



Professor Young's Meteorological Journal. 



William Brand and W. Larkin ; Meteorological Journal. 



T. Romeyn Beck, M. D. Met. Journal^ ) Mean assumed for Noon, 



E. T. Foote, Meteorological Journal. $ N. 28° E. 



Silas Metcalf, Meteorological Journal. 



Isaac Blauvelt; Meteorological Journal. ^^.^-^.^^ [noon, N.N. E. 



Nathaniel Webb and John S. Crane ; Met Jour. Mean assumed for 



Ship's Log Book, and Statement of Capt. Wilson. 



Dr. F. A. Ewing's Meteorological Journal. 



Marine Reports, and Letter from Cape Maj', in Philad. Newspapers. 



Abbreviations. — N. H. State of New Hampshire ; Me. Maine ; Ms. Massachusetts ; R. I. Rhode Island ; Ct. ConDecticut ; N.Y. New-York; N. J. New Jersey.- 

 s on the 15th P. M. have on a former occasion been erroneously printed N. VV. by R'. ; for which read N. W. by If. 



-Noit. My own obscrva 



