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ON THE STORM EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES 



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SLAND. 



New Haven. 



London. 



Oct. 



22, 



30.32 



« Oct. 



27, 



30.40. 



Interval 



5 



days. 















Nov. 



6, 



.32 



Nov. 



8, 



.30. 





2 





* Nov. 



18, 



30.01. 



Interval 12 



days. 









Nov. 



11, 



.42. 





5 























Nov. 



16, 



.15. 





10 

















April 



18, 



.32 



April 



22, 



.25. 





4 





* April 



24, 



.54. 



li 



6 



tt 









April 



25, 



.33. 





7 





* May 



1, 



.33. 



(( 



13 



tc 



May 



23, 



.80 



May 



30, 



.15. 





7 





June 



6, 



.13. 



(1 



14 



t< 



March 28, 



.26 



March 31, 



.45. 





3 





March 29, 



.03. 



<( 



1 



i( 









April 



2, 



.30. 





5 





April 



3, 



.21. 



n 



6 



(1 









April 



4, 



.40. 





7 





April 



12, 



.02. 



(( 



15 



t( 



Jan. 



4, 



.24 



* Jan. 



7, 



.32. 





3 





**Jan. 

 Jan. 



9, 



14, 



.59. 

 .12. 





5 



10 



<< 

 (( 



Oct. 



18, 



.22 



Oct. 



27, 



.40. 





9 

















Nov. 



17, 



.21 



Nov. 

 Nov. 



22, 

 24, 



.70. 

 .52. 





5 



7 





* Nov. 



18, 



.01. 



<( 



1 



<( 



Nov. 



19, 



.20 



Nov. 



Nov. 

 **Nov. 



22, 

 24, 

 29, 



.70. 

 .52. 

 .75. 





3 



5 



10 





* Dec. 



3, 



.09. 



n 



14 



t( 



Nov. 



23, 



.20 



** Nov. 



29, 



.75. 





6 





* Dec. 



3, 



.09. 



n 



10 



(( 



May 



26, 



.20 



May 

 June 



30, 

 1, 



.15. 

 .15. 





4 



6 





June 



6, 



.13. 



(( 



11 



(t 



The observations distinguished by an asterisk were the highest of their re- 

 spective months; those with a double asterisk the highest of the year. It will 

 be observed that the principal New Haven maxima follow the Melville maxima 

 generally at intervals of five or six days; and the London maxima follow at in- 

 tervals of from five to ten days. To identify certainly a single wave would 

 require simultaneous observations at numerous intermediate points; yet the 

 preceding facts, taken in connexion with the increase of the barometric oscil- 

 lation for December 20, 1836, from the southern part of the United States to 

 the most northern station, seem to render it not improbable that the storm in 

 question might have been experienced within the arctic circle. 



By reference to the table on page 130 it will be seen that, with the exception 

 of Twinsburgh, Bermuda, Halifax, and St. Johns, the barometric oscillation 

 increased pretty regularly with the latitude. The observations at Tv/insburgh 

 being made with a wheel barometer, which, from the nature of the instrument, 

 is susceptible^ of very little accuracy, I do not hesitate to reject them from this 

 comparison. It will be seen that the oscillation at the three remaining stations 

 was only about one-half what it was at the corresponding latitudes in the 

 United States. This must be considered as evidence that the causes, whatever 



