New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-03


generally elsexhere. We have Condition h-re very
ssy reversing thst Of Europe indeed IA respect to ma
umedste inducing causes Of preciptac"n anu ns Is NJ
c.sssrly sssoCisted with the Gis'ribuuND
Prcpjiafon by contact s.ursi-d volumes Of air With
portiot Of the surface has usuNy been CONSIDERED
the great inducing iustory process ana th.rs'- *
cesslve rrecpit~op found on bills ana mount AIS
which of-r-o abrupt Contact with the saturated snos
ph,re from adjacent sea- ,, - =;
To geuer~lize upon precipitation 80 inau,- d so IN
t.S md from such e supply rOsd 'csc-y DE-
pos.be further than 10 refer /, % tse suOerheA smo
uh.r. and 20 these obvious causes Sach U.s. o--n -
great extent the theory Of precipitation ana oil supply o
moisture to continents held hitherto .
BEFORE going on show the essential difference suNy
existing b.t<r-n ibis Hypothesis aud What r-,y EXITS
brs ~ NAV refer 10 facts which verify II t1r p'r'
ton- Of she Eastern Continent and Ny IN hostn'
An immense unit of Oosery alton has o-eo m'e Ia lug
Land upon the f. OF rain ana the general pTe.ton III
ev.ry form letfe~ general or comprehensive
bave b.sr drawn beyond the determination d" is
nsl local charcter Each district seems 70 tHha ~
ef and no one of these districts 10 Illustrate another 10
any degree. .,.s,.. .,
BE- considered as attained The highest elevations nave me
greatest amount This verites the CORRECTNESS, 81 te oy
poihesis referring the supply IN the lower volumes - NC
Atmosphere and looking further than surface Tnds Tor
its means Of from the evaporsiing to the precP
tsiirg suri,ce a.. . .i. 49,
enr. class of phenomens OF precipitation IN Europe or
even England cannot believe bat mask, th- -nect OF
more general causes up,tey that no Senuo1 rs
beer gwen them Districts, oit-rsS bur nl'd-rN-y III
elevation have great dfer IN the smslnt o ram IN
England Further North greater aud more sx'-ss've
amounts fall upon the Nights which break the r'tern
Oc.sn winds Eighty inches. or even hundrrd AL 10
some localities Centr England tsir- M sm'Hnt
on bill. compared with all adjacent p'ir' Is CUTE
con
Nor. sbrup, contrasts still exist in southern Elrop--
he aon ct the Pyren-es and even IN the Ap- ana :"
predomipating this extremely Irregular ana divers as
buiiur that the precipitation ~ the great ara "l tu
Fsst,rn Eur De have receitr 81 not At'r1t'n
Goes IN reality present other conditions There are m NY
reason. for believing thar that portion OF the continent has
nvyffh
cipia,on aud Its sources Of supply, Dat VIZ ar Is YET
without data 20 determine the polut -,
The fret result Of the grouping aud comparison OF me
observations Of precip sEion this Continent was the
discovery If general symmetry >nd correspo ud-noe 10
the report, At sa'ous near each "rr or IN 'ns
same general physical relations OF elevation d'no7 rom
tla sea and latitude s. complete has this sym n-tfy
proved 10 be that graphic Illus ration ct any single mouth
amount gave Concebrc areas ut lighter shanng iron
uaxn um district outward and general beautiful proper
uoung Il amount, vitnout regard % any phy'cN p-cu
sr,s ofsurfsce In these charts OF monihy distribution
II constants scarcely apparent and the maximum
dis'ri,is ri alternately IN eve part
Next he db,,Ace ~ any tgcCea', a. on'Hqt II" u
o,rof0n becsu-e most conspicuous de'erWln'uou -
far Fl IN the Auegharos adding 10 the amount rmAy
falling in The siitudes they occupy they found 10
give markedly kss than the OHIO and Mi-si.i Ipi h-y
+rvson And this decreased amount ms T. BE- uly 40
great As that due the decreasing temperature OF higher
attitudes As an elevation ct 5000 feet giving app'oN'
maiey of temperature OF ten degrees IN the
mean of any month, would have no more precipitation
ihsn point far enough north 70 give tho same neAn sn
peraiur,. n,,..u...,.v.-
The Board Of Commissioners Of Public Works IN II.
en u1 wiling to accept the reported IN iii supply 10 Iced
M. uavigAte rivers of he State placed gusgvs At the op
posie bases Of the principal range ct the A-ganes anu
the mean annual amount for four years hut thirty FIX
uche while Tor the period the OHIO t-y h>s t'ry
seven inches. and the plain OF the Atlantic Co'st icry
three. ia the same latitude.
positon n the United States OF the Rocky Mount urs
except perhaps portion of lake district IN N1" ors
ana some elevations 10 Massa ohuseits The great TACT
hiatt -
the amount Of precipitation IN the districts hey occupy
though they exhibit FULLY the same sSmm7try anu c"hh7c
ton the OF various amounts across tlen Hhe
which prevail elsewhere
Tn. man annual dit butioa preserves this symmetry
and pondeuce of adj AGENT stations ana d'trics
sso discosts laws OF constant dsHouuon anu points
more clearly back to the primary sources Vt supply OF
moisture TO the COntn' nts
The general laws # mean annual striou'i)n may De
stated AZ having rules of grdston one ot which
,ceulIr d,crease ot aDlDuat ruth dcrDtag tme,fAr',
and the other concurrent rues, decease 81 amount
nth thcteas, Of etuerOn
In accordance with the first the maximum of this por-
ton Of tie Continent east Of Rocky Mounton' "a found
mar Gulf Cost, Gn5 regular decrease IN ms AMOUNT
in g ht line, the them. laes no't Inc re-
NAMING exceptions are he dry plains OF WISCONSIN, ana
The Ontario Valley ia New York The FIRST ct these may
not be expect, accord entirely even II It's general Ia"
If oitburion were as comprehensive ~ that which hOds
for the Continent Eastward, fr he reason that tne very
extraordinary conditions the Pacific Coast aud the Rocky
Mountains must modify It, because Of thsr ne" Phy'cA
The other districts ALLUDED less important anoms
es though sufficiently, marked and decided IN thsr ,hs
acter II uch the dT-st portions OF the Continent e'
of the Plain for thin temperature.
Tie general position, hOseyer remains ana IN s'co'u
ance with L. hud annual mean o. near SIXTY inches
~ us,.r falling AZ Nstcbez and IN Central Alabama and
Georgia mn jar iqches hrustng It's ARA further up ths
river and toward the Atlantic Coast my tHchcs rsAchhs
10 Camden, = G and nearly "a Cincinnati on the Oho'
and to Muscaiine, Iowa, on the Mss ,,.,
La hi. last the Of later years add u'h
to that fret measured At ST Louis and the correspondents
Of recent ears OF observation, at different places SUCH
that cannot douOtn a
Conceprc areas Of decreasing amount thrust themselves
NorihSsrd from their maximum districts ih"bly' III AZ
cordance With general rules Ih-re IS one exception
how ever which should have been noticed earlier. ~
dectdsdy amount De IoHatate C0Bk esPectuy Ia
the souh THIS may BE- fully accounted loo IN the oos't
winds cooler simOsph OF these localities during Tue
norton, OF the sy mott given 10 prO'use precpi 4on
W. have then this remarkable reversal ct previpu- g7ner
azaon Continental precipitation Ehichs ives u.a mi-I
mum in osst ami ffrhsH tnteft0T ln- hs'ls-p
m Valley giyes dy inches sh-re the Atlantic Coast gives
oriy two the Ohio Valley gives forty e'gnt ia aul7s
where the Aeghsnies give but thirty I, aud the Asc
Coast but iertytvo.
local effects co O. nspcuOus Europe and ia the Ptcnc
Coasts and in degree itself tlous The amount
falling the upper Mssis pp and ONO IS 100 great Tor
the n. i'd application Of the rues here given IOWA seems
indeed 10 focus Of excessive precipitation ~ srknK
contrast nh the plains >rd and With the IKE coun
try IL il intensely heated however, and very log tor
continental area far the interior, and may b. tnat
more extended series Oi years VIII remove snare Oi
LIE eacess amount that se.Ins now 10 belong 10 IT,
These general facts Of the Distribution Of in on this
coutnspt point by the cle.rest ndu TOD % source "
sutrg e. ,s dlsconAecf fr0 H. su Ice Htafs Gad sur
zoe otzo.phsre We have grsdsloD in amounts from
oceanic cstrit ARD the interior but law OF dstDu
ion on thu. portion Of the Continent tr-nty d-cOnnec
GO m m ANY oceanic considersoss Local areas Of evspO
rstIg surface also If they influence precipitation u all
seem IL rather than tcreGe the amount Such
certainly the Gaze about the Great Lakes