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characters of the storms examined were also shown to be clearly marked in a second 
table. A third showed distinctly that the directions in which the wind was blowing 
at the same instant at each of these distant localities were different; and the differ¬ 
ence the author showed in this third table was not unlike what should result from 
■t' revolving character of the general disturbance of the air. So fnr the theory of 
mlones seemed to be borne out by facts. Hut. the author showed that, on obaer- 
' n.; the changes of the wind at any one of the stntions during the progress of a 
•'' •ai. the recorded facts are at variance with any uniform progressive motion which 
conceived. He also showed, that from the commencement of the storm to its 
h ;lil occupied a much shorter time than from its height to its cessation; the latter 
aln 7»l bring frequently more than twice the length of the former; and this he 
■ offered to be inconsistent with the supposition of their being cyclones. On 
, Thole, the author concluded that in these high latitudes storms or masses of air 
• ■ progress in a uniform order from west to east, and that the changes in the course 
1 x wind during a storm indicate more or less of a curved direction; but that 
y? changes are inconsistent with any uniform rotatory character; and that, 
]M»ing from the observations of these three years, the law of cyclones does not 
ua m fte storms which visit the British Islands. 
Table I. 
1852. 
Jan. 3, 4, 
I ^agh .,,, 
hwtpooi";;;; 
London 
, , J ‘ n - 8, 0, 10. 
^agh . 
'"pool .... 
London 
I Lite 
Tool 
; L °odon 
'£>>• . 
, tr pooi 
London 
&ST 
fe 1 •••:: 
P >853.. 
AS b - 25 «26. 
Ll,e Tooi";;;;;' 
Lo «don . 
test'* 
Commencement. 
2 a.m. Jan. 3. 
10 a.m. Jan. 3 . 
3-9 a.m. Jan. 3. 
3 a.m. Jan. 8. 
4 a.m. Jau. 8. 
8 -U a.m. Jan. 8 
Wind high all the 15th, 
hut nearly uniform; 
be gan to increase 
steadily at 11 P . M . 
Feb. 15. 
10 a.m. Feb. 10. 
U A.m. Feb. 10. 
Could scarely be 
1 P.M. Dec. 24 ...... | 
12 i‘-M. Dec. 24.. J 
a11 afternoon of 
<i4th. 
Wind all day Dec. 20... 
J® P ' M - Dec. 20. 
w «t recorded .... 
Height. 
11, 12 A.M. Jan. 3. 
9, 10 p.M. Jan. 3, and 
again 5-9 a.m. Jan. 4. 
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 3, 
and again 10 P.M. to 
2 a.m. Jan. 4. 
1, 2 P.M. Jan. 8. 
3-7 A.M. Jan. 9. 
12 p.m. Jan. 8, and 
2 a.m. Jan. 9. 
7-9 P.M. Feb. 16 .. 
7-10 p.m. Feb. 10, and 
continuing with little 
abatement till noon 
Fob. 18. 
11 p.m. Feb. 10. 
called n storm. 
3, 4 A.M. Dec. 25 .... 
5, 6 a.M. Dec. 25 .... 
3-0 a.m. Dec. 25 .... 
® P -M. Feb. 25 
0 P-M. Feb. 25 
2 a.m. p e b. 20 
1 A -M. Mar 31 
5-7 a.m. Dec. 27 . 
9-11 a.m. Dec. 27. 
10 a.m. Dec. 27. 
5, 0 a.m. Feb. 26 . 
12 Noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 
26. 
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 
26. 
11, 12 p.m. Mar. 31 ... 
Termination. 
10 A.M. Jan. 4. 
9 p.m. Jan. 4. 
5 a.m. Jan. 4. 
5, 6, 7, 8 r.M. Jan. 9. 
8 a.m. Jan. 10. 
— A.M. Jan. 10. 
Falling 10 p.m. Feb. 17, 
and then nearly uni¬ 
form till 2 p.m. Feb. 
18—over. 
4 A.M. Feb. 19. 
Not recorded. 
11 a.m. Dec. 25. 
3-5 P.M. Dec._25. 
1 p.m. Dec. 25. 
6-8 P.M. Dec. 27. 
9 p.m. Dec. 27. 
7 p.m. Dec. 27. 
6 P.M. Feb. 26. 
7 a.m. Feb. 27. 
Record terminating 
suddenly at 3 p.m 
F eb. 26. 
Wind high, but nearly 
uniform, lor many 
hours, from 8 p.m. Apr. 
1 to 6 p.m. Apr. 2, 
when it was over. 
