The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-03-07
MAGNETIC CENTERS
A CLEVER EXPOSITION OF THE
TEMPERATURES.
Scientific Deductions from Student
of MeteOrOl0gy on High and
Low BarOmeters.

Let us again examine the north
magnetic poles for further information
as to climatic changes. The writer
does not claim that the sun, moon and
PLANETS originate storm centers, or
the various transient and local high
and low barometers. These belong to
the earth's magnetic system and their
force and movements are affected by
planetary magnetism.
The old orthodox meteorologists
claim that perpetual low barometer
surrounds tho geographical north pole,
covering an area three to four thou
sand miles in diameter. They have
probably been misled from this by
the fact that all arctic voyages must
be made by passing through the Ice
landic or Behring sea, perpetual and
stationary low barometers.
Explorers have not gone near enough
to the north pole to determine whether
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they have only inferred that it has.
There are reasons for believing that
the north pole country does not go to
either extreme Of the barometer, but
tends toward a low in summer and
high in winter.
This brings up the important points
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barometers Of the north magnetic
poles.
Meteorologists have determined, in
a general way, that low barometers
cover North America and Asia during
our summer seasons, or when the sun
is north of the earth's equator, and
that high barometers cover about the
same land surfaces during our winters.
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and Asia the centers of these aIternat-
ing highs and lows occupy there are
differences of opinion, and a theory
will not be out of place.
The theory is this: The suns mag
netic influences on the earth trans
form the magnetic pole into a low
barometer about the 1st of April, when
the sun has fairly crossed to the north
ern side of the earth's equator, and
again to high barometer about the 1st
of October, when the sun has crossed
to the south side of the earth's eQua-
tor
All known facts are in accord with
this theory, and if future discoveries
confirm the theory, it will become a
matter of great Importance in meteor
ology.
One fact in support Of this theory is
that a high barometer covers three
fOurths Of North America during our
winter and is central near Salt Lake
City. Nearly the same territory is
covered by low during the summer
months. 1t is not reasonable to sup
pose that these semi-annual changes
could occur without similar changes a
little further north at the center of
the American magnetic north pole.
! These changes in northeastern Asia
near the Asiatic north magnetic pole
are more definitely located by meteor
ologists, but probabilities are that
they have located the centers of the
semi-annual high and low too far to
the southwestward in northeastern
Asia. The theory would place the
lcenters at the center Of the north mag
netic pole near where the 65th parallel
IF latitude crosses the Lena river.
Another facts bears out this theory.
On. the north of the 10th parallel of
latitude in the Chinese empire and
eastern Siberia the winters are vastly
more severe than in the same lati.udes
in America. This can be accounted
IfGr only on the theory that the north
magnetic poles in America and Asia
form high barometers in winter and
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grees further south than ours in
America would account for the cold
of northeastern Asia extending further
south than on this continent.
The reader will bear in mind that
the central portions of the transient,
the semi-annual and the perpetual
low barometers are centers of warm
and the highs are centers of cold areas.
In the highs the atmosphere descends
and In the lows ascends.
The only permanent and perpetual
barometers are the four highs that
cover the north and south Atlantic and
Pacific, the lows that lie along the
equator on the great oceans and the
IceIandic and Behring sea lows.
Asia, Africa, South America and
Ncrth America each have lows during
their summer seasons and each have
highs during their winters. The lows
follow the SUI and the highs take the
opposite henisphere-Prof. Foster
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