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THE American Meteorological Journal for July contains an article by Prof. H. A. Newton on the late Prof. E. Loomis, of Yale College, U.S. (see NATURE, vol. xl. p. 401). In early life he paid much attention to terrestrial magnetism, and published the first magnetic charts of the United States; but his most important contributions were to meteorology. In a discussion of the storms of 1842, he adopted the use of synchronous charts very much like those now generally employed. The later years of his life were spent in discussing the materials collected by the Signal Service, and he published twenty-three memoirs upon them, entitled “Contributions to Meteorology.” A large portion of his estate was bequeathed to the endowment of an astronomical observatory.—Prof. H. A. Hazen has an article setting forth the observations most needed in the study of tornadoes. He points out that, after fifty years' observations, our knowledge of this subject is very unsatisfactory.—Lieut. Finley gives tornado statistics for the States of Florida and South Carolina. The observations for the latter extend over 128 years. The month of greatest frequency in Florida is September, and in South Carolina, March.—M. H. Faye continues his articles on trombes and tornadoes, dealing especially with their action upon forests, and the carrying of heavy débris to great distances.—Prof. W. A. Rogers continues his article concerning thermometers, dealing principally with the pulsatory movements of a mercurial column found to exist in nearly all the thermometers investigated.—The last article is devoted to American opinions on the relation of the influenza epidemic to meteorological conditions, being abstracts of papers read at the meeting of the American Medical Association in May last.
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Scientific Serials. Nature 42, 383 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/042383a0
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