The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-02-24
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audience, composed chiefly Of you're people.
The speaker commenced BY stating that be was
unacqqain'ea with the class or subjects which had
been Treated Of before tie academy end hence
among the almost Infinite variety that might in,
terest the audience, be had been somewhat ct a
loss to make choice. Bat supposing that their
minds during the day were chiefly occupied with
EATERS Of a solid uatqre, be thought that some
thing Of more ctheriol character might be a
pleasant change. Accordingly, he had chosen
Uind for his suhieet--"Wind its origin pLiosoph-
caIly considered, aud It's benefits to man" But
although wind vas his subject. set he bored hot
to he windy for OF nl the unpleasant winds that
mankind he had often noticed that long
wind is the most vexatous.
Wind is phenomenon which owes lis or.-ia to
two well Known laws Of pature:
LIST. Heat expands bodies whe cold contracts
3D. Lighter faids rise while heavier ones sink
So air, when heated by the rays of the sun.
near the surface Of he earth, rises and cold ar
from the Polar Regions rushos il and Ills lis
place.
THIS is mh0t makes he trade winds SO called.
because Of @her immense advantage in faci.itat-
ing trade between different nations.
Land breez,t and sea breczcs we're next spoken
Of and their IA making even tropical coast
or Island pleasant summer residence. The
iIannatton which prevails OF the coast of Guinea,
and The well known Monsoon Of the African Ges-
srt were thea referred to, and mention made Of
ouc recorded in history, which lasted ever three
hours, and in which, out of a caravan of four
thousand cames and one thousand H4en, over one
..i7e<rs.-ai s=EFsss ,s.e4' hsH--- =..sss,
from the sand upon which they had prost = !,
themselves until il should pass over.
The speaker next referred to the causes which +
tend to modify each other anl make the course of
the wind so variable. Among those, hills, noun v
aims forests, and the daily motion OF the earth
from west to east were mentioned also the gray L
taticg powers Of the heavenly bodies lie ar =
gued that If the heavenly bodies had such gray
tatng pover as to produce the tides, much more :,
must they produce disturbances in SO subtle fluid -
rs the atmosphere.
Hurricanes and storms were next referred TO, t
nd the belief expressed that all these were as
completely governed by the tixed laws Of nature,
IS the eclpses or the rising and setting Of the
md if men only knew all the laws which operate,
nd how they modify each other, they eoal3 cal
ulate as accurately which way the wind would
blow every day of the year and when storm
would come and how hard it would be. az they
AN when tie nez: eclipse Of the moon will oceur. =
But this they cannot do--though they may soon y
BE able to de IT, The times nDd the seasons the Il
Father has in his own power. s
Doubtless it may be somewhat Notifying to the ;,
,ride of science that she has been able discover
little in regard 70 the true Of those ter :
ia!e perturbatons Ct nature-when the raging b
emPest sweeps by with its desJIatng fairy: when o
b. electric flad s,irers a. into shreds the proud
81 monuments eff human power, and ranJs in /
vain even tie solid Pagemeats q the earth, peal L
answering peal siong the battlements Of heaven.
hen how helpless is man. Then, if ever. he is
made to feel the need Of the protection Of an On
lipoteu, arm--the arm Of Him who stills the >
ose Of the waves of the seas, saying to them :,
Hitherto shalt thoa g., and farther and here :
hall thy proud waves be stayed" II