1855.] A Tiventy fourth Memoir on the Law of Storms. 



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A Table shelving the change in the Barometer and the veering of the 

 wind from 4 a. m. o/ Friday, l&th Mag, to 8 a. m. of the 15th 

 instant. H. C. F. L. Vessel Hope. 



Hour. 



Aneroid. 



Ship's 

 Bar. 



Comdrs. 

 Bar. 



4 A. M. 



30.7 



29.54 



29.60 



6 14th 



30.5 



29.52 



29.55 



8 



30.2 



29.50 



29.55 



10 



29.98 



29.45 



29.50 



Noon 



29.95 



29.41 



29.48 



2 P. M. 



29.85 



29.37 



29.41 



4 



29.73 



29.20 



29.28 



6 



29.52 



28.97 



29.00 



8 



29.45 



29.00 



28.98 



9 



29.50 



29.10 



29.05 



10 



29.55 



29.16 



29.11 



11 



2961 



29.24 



29.20 



12 



29.65 



29.32 



29.30 



1 A. M. 



29.72 



29.40 



29.38 



2 15th 



29.85 



29.53 



29.50 



4 



29.92 



29.60 



29.59 



6 



30.00 



29.65 



29.63 



8 



30.7 



29.67 



29.70 



Winds. 



YN. E. 



Squalls more 

 frequent and 

 increasing 

 strength. 



in 



N. N. E. to North. 

 N. b. W. 



■ N. W. b. N. 



' N. W. 

 N. W. b. W. 

 W. N. W. 



W. b. JN". squalls less frequent and 

 decreasing. 



I West a strong breeze. 



Reports by Electric Telegraph from Diamond Harbour, 

 14tk May, 1853, State of the Weather. 



At Diamond Harbour. — Morning light winds from N. East, with driz- 

 zling rain, at noon strong breezes from East, attended with slight showers 

 of rain, and cloudy weather. Thermometer at noon 87°. Wet bulb 78°. 

 Erom noon till 6 p. m. blowing violently from East, with heavy rain. 

 Aneroid Barometer, at 10 a. m. 29.600 



■ at 4 p. m. 29.400 



Standard Barometer at /p.m. 29,450 

 Fall of rain, at Diamond Harbour, from noon till 



6 p.m. .. .. .. .. .. Inches 0.70 



Calcutta, .. .. .. .. .. 0.20 



to 7 p. m. 14th May. 

 15th May, 1852, Diamond Harbour Report. Received at 7 A. M. 

 From 8 p. m. to 12 p. m. last night blowing violently from East, with 

 heavy rain— at 1a.m. the wind veered to N. West, blowing still harder. 

 At 4 a. m. a perfect hurricane— still continues— several huts and trees 



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