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It will be seen that in every year except one the frequency 
under the full moon was greater than that under the new 
moon, and that the total frequency of the ten winters was 
144 under the full moon and only 90 under the new moon. 
These results of the Oxford observations are therefore in 
very satisfactory accordance with those of the Southport 
observations, and give strong support to the view that the 
direction of the wind is in some way influenced by the 
position of the moon with respect to the sun. Should this 
view be confirmed by the results of observations made at 
other stations it will evidently be very desirable to examine 
the directions in which the centres of cyclones and anti- 
cyclones move across our coasts, during the winter months, 
under different phases of the moon. 
MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. 
February 10 th, 1879. 
Thomas Alcock, M.D. in the chair. 
Mr. Charles William Kimmins, Mr. Sydney Young, and 
Mr. Marcus Manuel Hartog, B.Sc., F.L.S., all of Owens 
College, were elected Associates of the Section, 
