Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-07-20

We comuncgCc in our issue "a today the
pubhcaiion Of abe record az he tarometer
and other Instruments f5r sahi5iiirg ihe
q our village j. very eel alsrtci o. oh-
sersafions Of thi. kirl. standing q. 8, Do.
AZ q consiicrablc elevation ana being ST.
Serenity i-olairl Cd prevent thc lisi-ra.
anccs in the rhenomcns q the air ~Lich
oiien impair tie salur q Toe registers kepi
Ia places more shnt IN o. high land. and
more Subject to extremes 20 Temperature.
The INSTRUMENTS usci for OR ia o. are the
best thai arr made. accorlio- O. tn smith
sonian Sianiarls. ahl The record 4. kept
By pcrson long u-c1 90 such work II
nav b. asked that j. the ssc of kno~ing
bow heavy or bow moist fhe ar &c. aud 20
~hai importance it b. 60 know TIE d,rcction
the win1 and The condition OF the clouds
fron tinc 20 time. Can ne ten by these
things vhat weather 90 exreci?. To this 70
NAV be replied that anything which uaakos
a. more acquainted Nth the las % nature
y q nee that O. a certain extent 49, s.ru
foreteii ihe weather. that -haievci &C b.
kHoir about the rain or storms. IN advance.
~ knos FROM oarcial Observing % facts
IN time past; anl that The ouiy uay IN
Which we caa expect % improve in this mat
Ter Is by increasing our knowledse oftbe
pheuouicna- great nuuLcr % vel ~
corded facts -hcn properly arranged aiuaos;
invariably lead us Co knoulsdgc q some
general ia~; ard ~hen ~ have once found
this general la~ ne can vsry oi,ca tel shat
TIE coming facts wiI te. m bv oi.sr,a-
tons 10 every STATE in the uniou -e Sad
that a. crriain seasons storms couu-nrin-
a. one part ofthe couairs follow certain
coarsc. ard pass over given district. ii !.
easy Wien a storm co-nmences. o. telc-
graphins ca in front GO "a. 20 pui people ou
tier guari a-airsi e. arrival Tie result.
already obtained b. ihc Suaishsouiaa Insii.
tuiion relating o. thr coarse ard p-o-rcs.
ofs'o1ns are q tie grcite,t importance 90
eoiamcrce. Erery one 40 keeps rorrc-t
register 90 ;he atmosPaeric phenomrna aid.
on making Our kno~irdrc more avaIabIc
80 thar even on PARIS IiiiI 80 nav coatrituts
something toEaris better ual.rstaniin-
% he vinis ard storms upon thc Atianti-
ocvan. u ihe note appended % ihc table
Ne have reirrrcd to the coiouns lor the
thcrmomeicrs vtil iit ues ard lry Laihs.
ard % tie column sho~ing the rvla,ive hs
nudity or Proportional moisture bill ~ the
arr Tie afnospherc a. a crrfain tempers-
iare b capable q containing a qsaatirs u
~aier in an Invisible state q tLc temp-r,.
iurc fails. this moisture conicn.ss ana i-.
comes visible. a. ciosds o. rain IL fb~
Bah ola ihcrnomefcr. made ior a. pur-
pose bc ~raPPcl .n a enc uet cloth. the
mercury vii grncraily siald atad.Er-,r,
BE- gli from that ln thcrmonc,rr 80
bulb not uet n thc AR contain. air~.l,
a. much moisture a. % can loIl. the -aier
in tie 49, cloth al remain. an ihe tb,r.
raone'crs uil read alkc. o.; % fLs ar 4.
crt. thc sater 81 cvsporaie from ih@ cloth
sn1 a. b; lles so. iAe msrlsry 81 fau. be-.
cause the csaporafion cool. o.. the greater
The difference beivcen ihc rraainr. OBJ.
to thermometer. The DRYER b. che air.
" ben body 81 EARN ar. holding a ls--~
amount q moisture. comes in contact
~iih a cold carrruf. t5c t,uperaisre q. re-
dscel. ard thc moisture Is condensed Ii
D. kno"ied-c q fhe Law. governing che
movement %. fle aimosPheric currcuts. a-I
the trmpc-aiurr lnI .atl-afion o. tLe A..
that o. gei from the ,t-ds Of ions coafia.
1ed meteorolag.eai ob.~rtaiions. ana O. ,s
tbs sane knoslclgc whi.h enable. a. %,
i'reiei tle veaiLer. aud O. rcguiate oar
agric1iiurai All commcrcsaI aaairs ar-or4.
'nsly- We shall refer 90 thi, matter ssaia
When ve have ac-uu.1iaf,d fact. enough to
i..ustrafe some 20 Gle general facts b. ne.
teorolory.