The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-05
ro rHE rRIENps OF scIENcE.

Last summer announced TO my spondehls
and The public generally, that form ior Assp'ns
meteorological journals would be prepared anu s."'
10 all those in the United States Bermuda west ih-
dies, Azores, aud the Canadas, who should sigpiiy
willingness TO cooperate with me in my endeasof
TO find out all the phases Of storms which occur WIN
Ia the range OF the widespread simultaneous oDsef
vations about TO be established
have To announce that the form Is com
pleted,s AID arrangements are made TO strike OH
sufficient number 10 supply all who shall express
wish 20 aid In this most important Undertaking IL my
intention to lay down. skeleton maps OF the United
States by appropriate symbols, all The most import
ant phases of the great storms which come within the
range OF our simultaneous observations and thus IL
is hoped that we will be able 10 determine The shape
and size Of all storms, whether they are round or 90
long aud II oblong, whether they move SIDE foremost
end foremost obtiquei and their reoety oil mo-
ton and the direction which they take m all me dune
rent seasons Of the year; the that the wlnd
blows in and beyond the borders Of the storm The
ft,cfuaion OF the barometer and change OF tempera
lure which generally accompanies storms and The
e1teHt 10 which their influence Is felt beyond their
borders.
as well without meteorological instruments as with
them it is manifest that all who will send me faith
full account Of the winds and weather will essentially
contribute to the great end IN view Editors oil papers,
too who notice great storms may be Of much service
by mentioning the time Of greatest violence, and the
direction of the wind and time Of change, and send
ing paper containing the account TO the Surgeon
Generals Office Washington City, with the word me-
teorology" marked on the corner of the envelope
All papers and journals thus directed will come to
my hands, as | am now attached 10 that bureau and
after being carefully collaed with each other will
be deposited in the archives of that Office to aid the
future meteOrologist in developing laws which the
present state of the science may not enable us to de-
lcct Let think THEN mite too insignificant to be
thrown into this common treasury.
| am authorized by the Secretary OF state to
quest all our Ministers, Consuls and other Diploma
tic and Commercial Agents Of the United States IN
foreign countries to whom the FORM is sent, to
transmit to the Department Of State the journals which
they may keeper procure from others, that they may
be Immediately placed in my hands.
All masters of vessels sailing in the Atlantic or
Gulf Of Mexico, requested to send copy OF their
clogs to the Surgeon Generals Office Immediately on
their landing at any port in the United States.
Ii the chain of simultaneous observations could
thus be kept unbroken entirely across the Atlantic,
the value Of the whole system would be much in
creased.
Journals, according to the adopted plan, will be
kept at all the military stations OF the United States
and the Secretary of the Navy has given orders for
the same to be done at the naval stations, and in ships
of our coast Forms also will be sent to all
the lighthouses and floating lights, and many OF them
will at least keep Journals of the wind and weather
Governor Reid, Of Bermuda has promised to send
journals from that island, and have the promise
of various journals from Canada, Newfoundland, and
Nova Scotia
There are many a the colleges Of the United
States from whom have not yet had such promise
but now appeal to them ALL with confidence, 10
unite in their efforts to perfect this most interesting
science.
There are one hundred and three colleges in these
United States, and very many high schools and, as
il is known that barometric fluctuations accompany
storms, il is manifest that the direction in which
storms move, and their velocity, may be ascertained
by observations made on the barometer alone, at
these various institutions
The number of observations cannot be too great.
JAMES T. ESPY.