The evening times., 1896-02-04

| for fifty years by the investigators. are SO
| many measures OF the solar energy, and will
some time be SO interpreted as to become
| OF great use to the world.
There is still another system of CORE.
spondencies between the magnetic and me-
teoroIogical actions. on taking mean val
| ucs for a long serieso of years in the European
magnetic field and the Dakotah pressures
and temperatures, IL is seen that these rise
and fall in very peculiar curve. which is
that of the sun spot areas fundamentally.
with shorter period, one-foUr,h of eleven
years. superposed upon 1t. The persistence
in this synchronism is such as TO exclude
anything lik.. an accidental relation, and
this summary embraces seventeen years.
4 close computation on the position OF the
storm tracks in the United States shows
that they rise and fall in latitude in the same
long curve: also the speed of the eastward
advance, the rate OF propagation, changes
in the same proportion: the intensity OF the
storm action, the amplitude OF the highs"
and lows, and hence OF the barometer a nd
thermometer readings, give the sa me
relative curves.
WHAT MAGNETIC ENERGY DOES.
In all cases we have the unequivocal les IL
nlony presented that an increase Of this polar
magnetic energy inceascs the pressure
tiininisbcs the temperature, changes the
order OF the production of storms upon in
version. their intensity, their speed OF east
wani movement, the position OF the tracks
and generally precedes all the principal
conditions known to exist in the elements
OF tine physics Of the atmosphere.
Tu,. l.. int m. yr-I,,- b.a or
prcpondcrate in North Americ;, in number
rather than in Asia, is simply because the
magnetic pole happens to be ON this side of
hcSeorraphicalpo pole. causing the cOncentg.-
tion of energy to take place in the midst
or the North America continent, but to the
northward OF Asia. This condition of affairs
tends TO build long high-pressure belt
over Western Canada, just along this au-
roral belt where the magnetic energy comes
down, and the continual interchange of
power shows Itself by stripping off rapid
succession OF storms io the northwest of
the United States. while in Asia, great
undistIrbcd high" prevails in winter and
an ininIcn 81 low" in the summer.
The correlation OF such vast system
OF facts, unbrokcn by any known CON
Trajectory evidence. leads to the belief
that the solar action reached the cal rth
N TWO ways, one along the ccliptic and
the other perpendicular to that plane.
The most plausible theory OF the glacial
ice waves is that during long periods the
suns magnetic output was increased, and
that in consequence, as shown above, the
temperatures of the Arctic regions were
greatly lowered. Hence il may easily be
perceived that this new discovery OF the
Weather Bureau opens up a fasCina ting
field of study into the great laws of the
solar system, and that it may well be
called ne w chapter in ncoSmicaldStronomy.
THE REGULAR THEORY CNSATISFAC-
TORY.
1t is known that the usually accepted
system Of nctcoroIogy indicates that
low pressure belt should prevail along the
northern borders OF the United States.
but as a matter OF fact high areas
frequently form in that region and drift
eastward in tie northern circuit. In order
to explain these apparent anomalies. 1t is
suggested 10y the facts herein mentioned
that the cooling tendency in the atmoS phere
along the aurOral belt just to the north
Of the northern circuit is due TO the action
or the polar magnetic energy falling on
that region.
The great Importance OF understanding
the cause of the formation of the winter
highs i'll the extreme North west. and a lso
those proceeding from the district to the
south OF Hudson Bay and advancing thence
TO New England. is apparent to every fore
caster. Upon the energy ami rate OF move
ment OF these northern highs the whole
aspect Of the forecasts depends