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  DEDUCTIONS 
  FROM, 
  AND 
  OBSERVATIONS 
  ON 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  other 
  a 
  sheet, 
  taken 
  up 
  from 
  a 
  bed 
  in 
  the 
  room, 
  and 
  the 
  cracks 
  

   closed 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  carried 
  partly 
  through. 
  All 
  the 
  windows 
  in 
  

   the 
  house 
  were 
  broken, 
  and 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  glass 
  was 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  

   of 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  sure 
  all 
  this 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  a 
  

   second 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  time, 
  and 
  he 
  assured 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  next 
  moment 
  it 
  

   was 
  as 
  still 
  as 
  death, 
  not 
  enough 
  of 
  air 
  to 
  move 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  

   which 
  were 
  prostrated 
  all 
  round 
  his 
  house 
  with 
  their 
  tops 
  against 
  his 
  

   very 
  door. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  case 
  the 
  van 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  as 
  strong 
  as 
  

   the 
  rear, 
  for 
  several 
  out-houses 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  dwelling 
  mansion 
  

   were 
  prostrated, 
  having 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  heaviest 
  materials 
  carried 
  some 
  

   distance 
  towards 
  the 
  west. 
  Perhaps 
  indeed 
  I 
  was 
  too 
  hasty 
  in 
  draw- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  was 
  stronger 
  than 
  the 
  

   van, 
  from 
  the 
  circumstance 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  generally 
  thrown 
  down 
  

   in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  ; 
  for 
  if 
  the 
  forces 
  had 
  been 
  equal, 
  they 
  

   might 
  have 
  generally 
  fallen 
  in 
  this 
  direction, 
  from 
  the 
  momentum 
  

   they 
  would 
  have 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  in 
  straightening 
  themselves, 
  by 
  their 
  

   elasticity, 
  at 
  the 
  moment 
  the 
  van 
  passed 
  and 
  the 
  rear 
  came 
  upon 
  them. 
  

   Notwithstanding, 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  on 
  that 
  day 
  was 
  from 
  the 
  S. 
  W., 
  this 
  

   circumstance 
  renders 
  it 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  was 
  the 
  

   strongest 
  ; 
  for 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  wind, 
  whatever 
  it 
  

   was, 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  rear 
  and 
  subducted 
  from 
  the 
  van. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  rain 
  and 
  hail 
  in 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  the 
  wind 
  in 
  the 
  

   borders 
  of 
  the 
  shower 
  blew 
  in 
  all 
  places 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  shower, 
  

   very 
  strong 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  from 
  the 
  south, 
  variable 
  in 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   dle, 
  and 
  moderate 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  And 
  the 
  rumbling 
  

   noise 
  preceded 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  rain 
  at 
  least 
  fifteen 
  minutes 
  at 
  Mussero's 
  

   ferry, 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  As 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  shower 
  

   at 
  this 
  place 
  was 
  certainly, 
  from 
  the 
  evidence, 
  after 
  the 
  spout 
  had 
  dis- 
  

   appeared, 
  it 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  spout 
  continued 
  in 
  mid 
  air 
  some 
  

   time 
  after 
  its 
  disappearance 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  Was 
  this 
  noise 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  concussion 
  of 
  the 
  materials, 
  the 
  lighter 
  

   particles 
  of 
  hail 
  which 
  were 
  then 
  just 
  formed 
  being 
  carried 
  up 
  with 
  

   great 
  swiftness 
  against 
  the 
  heavier, 
  which 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  might 
  be 
  at 
  

   their 
  greatest 
  elevation 
  or 
  even 
  beginning 
  to 
  descend 
  : 
  or 
  was 
  it 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  by 
  electricity 
  ? 
  The 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  where 
  it 
  lost 
  itself 
  in 
  

  

  