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APPENDIX. 



XXVI. 



BAROMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS DURING THE GALE OF WIND EXPERIENCED 

 BY TJ. S. SHIP VINCENNES, JAN. 28TH, 29TH, 30TH, 31 ST, AND FEB. 1ST 

 AND 2D. 



DATE. 



HOUK. 



BAROMETER. 



REMARKS. 



1840. 



A. M. 



P. M. 







JAN. 28th, 



3 





29-50 in. 



Light snow ; S. E. by S. fresh. 





9 





29-40 



Wind fresh from S. E. by S., cloudy. 







3 



29-24 

 29-10 



Wind quite fresh S. E. byS., light snow. 

 Wind blowing a gale from S. E., snow. 







10 30 



28-90 





29th, 



1 30 



2 30 

 3 



4 

 4 45 





28-79 

 28-68 

 28-68 

 28-59 

 28-57 







6 





28-57 



Weather was pleasant the remainder 





9 





28-68 



of 29th. 





10 





28-67 







11 





28-78 





30th, 



9 





29-16 







11 





29-10 



At 3 a. m. of the 30th, the Barometer 





12 





29-04 



rose to 29-16 in., and remained at 







1 



29-00 



that point several hours. 







2 



28-98 









3 



28-91 









4 



28-90 









5 



28-90 









6 



28-88 









7 



28-82 









8 



28-80 









9 



28-80 









10 



28-76 









11 



28-76 









12 



28-74 





