2 Li. Loomis— Observations of the U. S. Signal Service. 
name of the station at which the given height was observed ; 
column 5th shows the total rain-fall (in inches) for the preced- 
ing eight hours, at all the stations included within the area of 
low barometer; column 6th shows the date of the storm’s 
origin so far as can be determined from the observations; 
locality named in column . Several additional columns 
which I had prepared, I am obliged to omit in order to reduce 
the table to the limits of the page of this Journal. 
Barometer below 29°25 inehes. 
Bar. Rain | Storm originated.| High on Eastside.’ | High on Westside _ 
No. Date. low- Station. ‘in fa n oe 
| est. low. | When. | Where.| **"-| Bar. |Direction| Dist.| Bar. | Direction. DB) 
1872. ea a 
Nov. 7.2.29°12)Portland, Me.| 6-00,Nov. 3 Wy. 0 |30.25)S, 70° B.| 850 30°18|N.72° W.| 927 
; 7.3, -13/Quebec 2°43 3 
8.1} -07;/Quebec 6°75 
8.2) *19| Quebec “25 
ee | 30.1} -10/Quebee 2°-26/Nov. 28n. Mi. | 0] -‘38/S. 56 BL] 71) West 
3 Dee. 24.1) -15|Portland, Or. | 1-84/Dec. 23'n. W. “70| East Py 
4 27.1) -17|Halifax ‘T5\Dec. 23.G.M. | 0 | -35'Hast “T0IN. 12 W.il 
6-09\Jan. 1N.M./| 0| -42\N.80E. “15|N. 82 W.| 
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