INTRODUCTION. Tar; atmospheric conditions and phenomena which constitute "The Weather" are of surpassing interest. Now, we rejoice jo. the genial air and warm rains of spring, which clothe the earth with verdure; jn the alternating heat and showers of summer, which insure the bountiful harvest j in the milder, ripening sunshine of autumn; or the mantle of snow and the invigorating nir of ~ moderate winter's-Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1; Heat aod moisture are indispensable to the fertillity of tho; earth-Arrangements exist for their diffusion and distribution,; and aU thepbenomena of the weatber result from their; operation-Heat furnished or produced mainly by tb!l direct; action of the sun's rays-Manner in which it is diffused over; the earth-Other causes operate besides tho sun's rays--Tbo; earth intensely heated "in its interior-Heat derived from tho; great Oceanic curren~ and tho aerial currents which fiow; from tho tropics to the poles, and fro"m magnetism and...

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