Meteorological observations and essays / By John Dalton.

  • John Dalton
Date:
1834
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    I cannor help observing here, that the follow- ing fact appears to be one of the most re- markable that the history of the progress of natural philosophy could furnish.—Dr. Hairy published in the Philosophical Transactions, a theory of the trade-winds, which was quite in- adequate, and immechanical, as will be shown, and yet the same has been almost universally adopted ; at least I could name several modern productions of great repute in which it is found, and do not know of one that contains any other. The same gentleman published, through the same channel, his thoughts on the cause of the au- rora borealis, as mentioned above, which must then have appeared the most rational of any that could be suggested, and yet I do not find that anybody has afterwards noticed it, except AMANUENSIS (see page 149). On the other hand, G. Hap.izy, Esq. published in a subse- quent volume of the said Transactions, a ra- tional and satisfactory explanation of the trade- winds ; but where else shall we find it 2 Manchester, Sep. 21st, 1793.