88 SCIENTIFIC" NEWS. 



S C1ENTIF1C NEWS. 



On the Tempest of Feb. 18, which has produced many dreadful 

 accidents in the Channel. 



t^lTXiTrck ^ HE interestin g nature of tlie observations I am about to 

 on his system communicate, appears to me to be of too serious an importance 

 influence"^ the t0 P enmt an >" consideration to delay their publication, to which 

 moon upen the I wish to give the greatest authenticity. 



weather. j jj aye j )een j on g conv j nce( j by observation, that many points 



in the course of the moon have unquestionable influence on the 

 atmosphere, although the causes which modify these influences 

 are not sufficiently appreciated to enable us to predict what 

 events may be expected at those periods. 



I add, that the results of my observations, recently completed, 

 has strongly confirmed my opinion in this respect,and has inform^ 

 c d me, that, independently of the influences of the syzigies, the 

 quadratures, and the two apsides the nodes of the moon have very 

 remarkable influence, but more powerful in some particular 

 cases, as I have succeeded in ascertaining. 



Of 3:1 nodes and contra-nodes marked in my collecton of 

 Observations, 177 have eminently distinguished their influence; 

 134 have manifested no particular power. The dilference is 43* 

 Hi favour of the influence of these lunar points. But I observe 

 that the contra-nodes have somewhat more power than the nodes, 

 and that especially the power of those contra-nodes which occur 

 during the half-yearly period of the sun's being north of the line, 

 deserve the most serious attention. There are even circumstances 

 wherein I find that the evil influence of the contra-nodes has 

 never failed to shew itself. I shall describe them, as well us the 

 details of my recorded observations, in the next Annuare 

 Meteorologique. 



But it is of consequence that I should explain to the public, 

 that the tempest of the ISth of February last jp the resnlt of a 

 contra-node which took place the evening before, uuder circum- 

 stances which I promise to explain. 



(To be con tinned. J 



