True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-07-20

Right glad nre we to that the discovery of the
'aw'of storms" Ivy our countrynan Mr.. Rcdfcd of
New York has been openly acknowledged by Europenn
writers. Col Reid, the author Of series of exper-
me"s and deductions the subject Of storms gives Mr.
Redclif every possible credit and the has
been that an intimacy has sprung W between these
two philosophers thu, bids air to be productive of the
best results. Colonel Cupper scme years ago suggested
that the law Of storms he found in the rortces
principle but it has lceen confessed by all those wlo
have written on this interesting subject that Mr. Redtia
was entirely ignorant Of the suggestion when he made
his discovery and carried its application to several
storms thai hid swept the Atlantic Mir Redelds
fluctuations were regularly published in Sillirnans
Journal and this brought them the eye # Euro
psan S0cans In the French und German Philosopl
cu Journals and collections, they have been all trursla
ted and republfshed with comments aud other expert
en's going 10 sustain the great principle of The law
storms. The British Foreign Quarterly has come on
nobIy in its favour and Mr. Redied is treated with
masnanmity truly praisewor'hy and even refreshing in
these days when prejudice breaches, that nothing GOOD
can come outofo our Nazareth And in addition to thi
the investigations of Mr. Espy who has been the but,
wess writer's for the last months placed on hsl
grounds.
1t would be impossible in the limits Of this article to
convey to the reader any thing like thorough know
ledge of this discovery, of this important law and there
tore we 'nplere ev",y merchant, every Cap.
tain of vessel, every insurance Office, every naiura
philosopher every of general knowledge the stale
governments, the general government, the conmunuers
ana officers OF the government vessels, aud all for
eign Consuls, to procure copies Of Rei,'s magnificent
work, with its pntrs, cuts maps, SC. and of Kedlird's
papers in Sillimun'- Journal, The English Govern.
lima hus orn 81 E,;.lI b,,, Il, n
to report experiments and observations storms to the
| Admiralty. Our government should do the same.
But let us try to give the render idea Of The law
| of storms. 1t is this.- Epery skorm IL a phirlriud
hnri"s progressive notion Take piece of pnper
aud inscribe upon it twenty circles around COM
mon CENTER beginning the sixteenth part an inch from it
and proceeding edwards leaving IL small distance be-
tween the circles Draw north and south and an east
and west line upon this diagram as also lines marking
the intermediate divisions, North East, South West, SC
Between the circles place arrow marks with the barb
pointed TO the left. This diagram will represent the
whirlwnd motion of storm. The progressive motion
of the whirlwnd is either in straight or a curve line
Now suppose n storm progre ssing from the cast to
the west, and strikes ship, lying the axis Of the
whTwind The wind will srik. the vessel at irst from
the Morrill, and, the progresses it will veer from
of the whirlwnd, the wind will suddenly chop round to
the South, and continue to blow from that point until
the storm shall have passed.
The rate Ct the storms progression from II to 20
miles FER hour while the of the storm itself blow.
ing with a rotary motion, is from so to 90 miles per
hour.
Shoulda ship be struck by storm of 100 miles in
diameter on the right left of the direction in which
its axis is moving, careful attention the veering Ct
the wind will instruct the commander on lich side O.,
that axis hes IT, in the above instance, the wind shall
change from North East South East, the sure infer
ence is that the storm is progressing from East to West
and that the vessel is e rig hand side of the Storm
The rule then is TO stand upon the sarhoard tack
to let the vessel mp fast The ind changes If
on the other hand is found that the wind strikes the
vessel from the North West, md veers to the West.
ward and Southwestward the ship is on tn. left hand
side OF the Storm and the rule in that case is to put her
upon the lurbonul tack.
In the Northern Hemisphere is found that the drec-
ton OF the wind in its rotary motion around common
centre, is from right to left the of the hands off
watch while South ofthe Equator the direction is from
left to right.
1t has been found thai the great Liverpool storm last
January, CONFIRMED precisely to this rotary law. The
hurricane that passed the South man, years ago
expainable on the same principle. That of 1887 which
swept along the Atlantic coast, found BY Mr. Red
field to he governed by the rule. The usual di.
rection of storms and hurricanes in the West Indies and
the Indian Ocean, follow the same law.
But we exceed our limits. Every body should study
the subject