སམྱ་པ་ THE TIME OF HIGH WATER AT GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NEW-YORK (Specially prepared for THE WORLD Almanac.) (New York Mean Time.) HE local time of high water at the following places may be found approximately for each subtracting from the time of high water at Governor's Island, N. Y. (see opposite page) tes annexed. (Specially prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC.) Harbor, Me. Norfolk, Va.. .add. .ad 2 afort, S. C.... Norwich, Conn.. .sub. .ad Old Point Comfort, Va.. ..ad on, Mass.. .add geport, Conn.. ..add Col, R. I. ..sub. e May, N. J.. .add .ad leston, S. C.. .sub. Portsmouth, N. H.. .ad port, Me.. .add Poughkeepsie, N. Y. .ad andina, Fla. 3 ..sub. Providence, R. I.. cester, Mass.. 19 ..add Richmond, Va... .ad gate Ferry, East River, N. Y. 2 55 .add of Shoals, N. H.. Y 53 Rockland, Me. .add .ad sonville, Fla., .add West, Fla....! 37 Salem, Mass.. .add .ad que Island, Pa. blehead, Mass.. ant, Mass.. tucket, Mass.. wark, N. J.. -Bedford, Mass... Sandy Hook, N. J.. sul Savannah, Ga... .ad wburyport, Mass.. .add .add .add .adj .addi sub. EXAMPLE.-To find the approximate time of high Wilmington, N. C. tide at Atlantic City, N. J., on June 10 time of high water at New-York under this date, and then subtract 20 minutes, as in the a lt is the time of high water required. Thermometers. COMPARATIVE SCALES. u- Centi- Fahr r, grade, enheit. 100 212 WATER BOILS AT SEA LEVEL. Rules for Foretelling the W ADAPTED FOR USE WITH ANEROID BAROMET A RISING BAROMETER. A RAPID rise indicates unsettled weather. A gradual rise indicates settled weather. A rise with dry air and cold increasing in summer from the northward; and if rain has fallen, better w expected. A rise with moist air and a low temperature indicates from the northward. A rise with southerly winds indicates fine weather. With dry air and seasonable temperature indicates a very fine weather. A FALLING BAROMETER. A rapid fall indicates stormy weather. A rapid fall with westerly wind indicates stormy we northward. A fall with a northerly wind indicates storm, with 1 summer, and snow in winter. A fall with increased moisture in the air, and heat i cates wind and rain from the southward. A fall with dry air and cold increasing in winter indic A fall after very calm and warm weather indicates rai weather. The barometer rises for northerly winds, including fr by north to the east ward for dry, or less wet weather, fo for more than one of these changes, except on a few occasi hail or snow comes from the northward with strong wind. The barometer falls for southerly wind, including from south to the westward, for wet weather, for stronger win WATER FREEZES. than one of these changes, except on a few occasions, wind, with rain or snow, comes from the northward. The above printed rules are in use by the Seawanha Yacht Club of New-York. -15 4.2-17.8 ZERO Fahr. -20 -4 mal Cemperature ano maintali IN THE UNITED STATES. AL TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY AND JULY, AND THE NORMAL ANNUAL PRECIPI e Chief of the Weather Bureau, U. S. Department of Agriculture, for THE WORLD C *In Southwestern Assam. It is the wettest place in the world. In 1861 the rainfall nches. NOTE.-The mean annual temperature of the globe is 50° Fahrenheit. The average rainf LINE OF PERPETUAL SNOW. The line of perpetual snow varies with latitude, and is as follows in feet above sea level: Tornadoes and Lightning. STATISTICS OF DAMAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. LIEUTENANT J. P. FINLEY, Signal Corps, U.S.A., has compiled tornado statistics from obs for eighty-seven years ending 1887. During that period tornadoes have been reported in each of the States, in number as follow Kansas, 153; Georgia, 128; Illinois, 127; Iowa, 118; Alabama, 102; Ohio, 92: Indiana, 84; Min 73; Michigan, 71; New-York, 67; Pennsylvania, 61; North-Carolina, 59; Wisconsin, 59; S Nebraska, 52; Mississippi, 49; Dakota, 46; Arkansas, 34; Tennessee, 31; Kentucky, 26; Massa States (tornadoes less than 20), 112. Total, 1,867. Number of lives definitely reported lost, 3,165; number of persons definitely reported inju figures do not represent actual aggregates, as in some cases the killed or injured by tornadoe nitely reported as "much, 66 great," etc., loss of life, or "many" injured. The estimated loss of property by tornadoes, by States, was as follows: Missouri, $94.3 737,500; New-York, $67,000,000; Kansas, $54,000,000; Georgia, $56,000,000; Minnesota, $50,73 575,000; South-Carolina, $46,875,000; Texas, $46,525,000; Illinois, $46,125,000; Mississippi, $44, $38,175,000; Indiana, $35,800,000; Wisconsin, $28,750,000; North-Carolina, $26,625,000; Mich Pennsylvania, $26,125,000; Nebraska, $22,100,000; Arkansas, $17,125,000. Remaining States, le each. Total, 8941,282,500. For a more detailed statement, see THE WORLD ALMANAC for 18 A record kept by H. F. Kretzer, St. Louis, Mo., showed that in five years ending Dece damage to property in the United States by lightning was $11,749,945. During the same per persons killed by lightning was 1,030-males, 742; females, 251; sex unknown, 37. Total n injured, 2,592-males, 1,470; females, 884; sex unknown, 238. Animals killed, 4,886, of which 1,273 horses, 273 mules, 567 hogs, 445 sheep. Buildings and objects struck by lightning, 7,116, 1 loss for each recorded lightning discharge of $1,651.20. The class of buildings struck most frequently are, first, dwellings; second, barrs and gra viest losses were upon barns and granaries, aggregating $3,119,055. Oil-tanks and oil-works com aggregating $3,088,425. as taken by the Turks. k and Lancaster ended. any first chartered. r in Germany began. Tayflower landed. by Roman Catholics. led by Roger Williams. Parliament assembled. headed, January 30. became Lord Protector. e Stuarts. nquered from the Dutch. of London. London. us Act was passed in Eng. led by William Penn. - Edict of Nantes. ed. ne. n America: at Boston. kingdom. en by the English. 1781 Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, Oct. 19. 1789 The French Revolution began. 1789 Washingtou first inaugurated President. 1793 Louis XVI. of France was executed. 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