44 | SCIENCE. 
side of the storm receives its winds from the 
land, and the western side from the sea; and, 
in accordance with this, the eastern side should 
have the greater, and the western side the 
lesser inclination, as is the case. The fact that 
European storms have a less velocity of pro- 
gression than those in this country would still 
further allow the land and sea conditions to 
control the inclination in the former region. 
Fie. 21 
Fourth, it is manifest from all the preceding 
cases that the outermost winds of a storm are 
nearly radial, and that their direction becomes 
more circular as they advance. This results 
directly from the faster motion and less radius, 
consequently the greater centrifugal force near 
the centre, and requires no special illustration. 
It need only be noted, in recalling the first or 
latitude condition, that, at large distances from , 
the centre, equatorial storms are generally 
more radial than those of the temperate zones ; 
but, at small distances from the centre, this 
rule may have to be reversed. This is quite in 
accordance with the greater size but less in- 
tensity of the storms in the temperate zone. 
28 
38 
3 4 rss 
aon 
3s” 
13 
, mete WV 
Fig. 22. 
Fifth, in regard to altitude. The absence of 
strong friction will allow the upper winds to 
whirl in even more circular paths than they do 
at sea. Indeed, at a moderate altitude, say 
7,000 feet, the winds are probably perfectly 
circular in the core of the storm; and at a 
little greater height they assume an outward 
inclination as they change to the outward 
spiral of the upper overflow. It is common, 
therefore, to note that the surface-winds of a. 
storm are not parallel to the motion of the 
clouds. As the latter are more fully in control 
of the earth’s deflecting force, they will always. 
tend to the right of the former ; and, in the 
extreme contrast of surface-indraught and up- 
permost outflow, the cirrus-clouds may drift. 
slowly (in appearance) 90° or 120° to the right. 
of the surface-winds. It is therefore usually 
to storm-disturbances of the general atmos- 
pheric circulation that the irregular drifting 
of different cloud-layers is to be ascribed. And 
-now, after this long digression, we may return 
to the rescue of the vessel in the West-Indian 
hurricane. 
(To bé continued.) 
THE BUSINESS OF THE NATURALIST. 
THE Society of naturalists of the eastern United 
States is an association in which all preliminaries 
should be brief, and ceremonious speeches out of 
place. Our first official meeting at Springfield was, 
however, almost wholly occupied with the technical- 
ities of organization, and we necessarily gave but 
little time to other matters. The attendance at that 
meeting, on account of the natural aversion of sci- 
entific men to details of such an uninteresting nature, 
was small, compared with the numbers now present; 
and our list of members is also more than double 
what it was then. Under these circumstances a few 
preliminary words of explanation will not be wholly 
without usefulness. Our correspondence with scien- 
tific men also shows that the novelty of the organi- 
zation and objects of this society requires some 
explanation in a comprehensive and condensed form 
from some one person. 
So far as I am aware, this is the first attempt to 
form an association for the transaction of what may 
be called, without derogation to the dignity of our 
future labors, the business of naturalists. 
Heretofore scientific associations have been founded 
and conducted upon the idea that the technical inter- 
ests of science were necessarily inseparable from the 
results of scientific work, and should be considered 
by the same body which also attends to the presenta- 
tion, discussion, and publication of the records of dis- 
covery and research. It has seemed to me for at 
least seven years past, that, on the contrary, a 
division of labor was necessary, and ought to be 
brought about. The technicalities of science have 
increased to an enormous extent within the last dec- 
ade; and some effectual means of mutual culture and - 
1 Address delivered in New York before the Society of nat- 
uralists of the eastern United States, Dec. 28, by the herr. gs 
Professor Alpheus Hyatt of Cambridge. 
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