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THE American Meteorological Journal for January contains:—A report upon the features of tornadoes, and their distinction from other storms, considered in connection with the tornado of Lawrence, Mass., July 26, 1890, by Prof. W. M. Davis. He quotes a description of a tornado observed as early as 1687 at Hatfield, in this country, in which the writer (the Rev. A. de la Pryme) minutely describes the whirling motion of the funnel.—The meteorological observatory recently established on Mont Blanc, by A. L. Rotch. This is a reproduction of a paper read before Section A of the British Association last year, and contains a description of a meteorological observatory being erected by M. Vallot at the Rocher des Bosses, at an altitude of about 14,320 feet above sea-level.—The Gervais Lake tornado, by P. F. Lyons. It occurred on July 13, 1890, and did immense damage to buildings and crops, over an area of scarcely more than half a mile in length. The editors of the Journal have added what purports to be a photograph of the funnel, taken by an amateur photographer, who happened at the time to be occupied in taking views, about six miles off.—Rainfall in Michigan, by N. B. Conger, with a chart showing the annual fall in that State, This paper closes a series of monthly summaries by the same author.—Prof. H. A. Hazen concludes his account of observations on Mount Washington; and M. H. Faye concludes his articles on cyclones, tornadoes, and waterspouts, which were begun in the number for November 1889, and probably form the most complete exposition of his theory which has yet been printed. The editors of the Journal invite the criticism of English-speaking meteorologists.
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Scientific Serials. Nature 43, 382 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043382b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/043382b0