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BAROMETER

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 indicates wind from the northward; and if rain has fallen, better weather may be expected.
A rise with moist air and a low temperature indicates wind and rain from the northward.
A rise with southerly winds indicates fine weather.

A STEADY BAROMETER
With dry air and seasonable temperature indicates a continuance of very fine weather.

A FALLING BAROMETER
A rapid fall indicates stormy weather.
A rapid fall with a westerly wind indicates stormy weather from the northward.
A fall with a northerly wind indicates storm, with rain and hail in summer, and snow in winter.
A fall with increased moisture in the air, and heat increasing, indicates wind and rain from the southward.
A fall with dry air and cold increasing in winter indicates snow.
A fall after very calm and warm weather indicates rain with squally weather.
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To Tell Time of Tide

The time of high water at the places following may be found approximately for each day by adding or subtracting from the time of high water at New-York the hours and minutes annexed.

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                  H.M.

Albany, N.Y. ... +9.31
Annapolis, Md ... +8.57
Asbury Park, N.J. ... -0.37
Atlantic City, N.J. ... -0.29
Baltimore, Md ... +10.52
Bar Harbor, Me ... +2.50
Beaufort, S.C. ... -0.9
Block Island, R.I. ... -0.34
Boston, Mass ... +3.22
Bridgeport, Conn ... +3.4
Bristol, R.I. ... -0.12
Brooklyn Navy Yard ... +0.40
Cape May, N.J. ... +0.12
Charleston, S.C. ... -0.43
City Island, N.Y. ... +3.2
Coney Island, N.Y. ... -0.20
Eastport, Me ... +3.1
Fernandina, Fla ... -0.19
Glen Cove, L.I. ... +3.1
Gloucester, Mass ... +2.57
Hell Gate Ferry, East
   River, N.Y. ... +1.53
Isle of Shoals ... +3.11
Jacksonville, Fla ... +0.36
Key West, Fla ... +0.55
League Island, Pa ... +5.12
Long Branch, N.J. ... -0.38
Marblehead, Mass ... +3.4
Nahant, Mass ... +3.2
Nantucket, Mass ... +4.31
Newark, N.J. ...+0.54

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New Bedford, Mass ... +0.10
Newburyport, Mass ... +3.29
New Haven, Conn ... +3.1
New London, Conn ... +1.22
Newport, R.I. ... -0.22
Norfolk, Va ... +0.56
Norwich, Conn ... +2.5
Ocean Grove, N.J. ... -0.37
Old P. Comfort, Va ... +0.37
Philadelphia, Pa ... +5.37
Plymouth, Mass ... +3.12
Point Lookout, Md ... +4.49
Portland, Me ... +3.10
Portsmouth, N.H. ... +3.16
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ... +4.27
Providence, R.I. ... +0.7
Richmond, Va ... +8.47
Rockaway, N.Y. ... -0.28
Rockland, Me ... +2.55
Rockport, Mass ... +2.50
Salem, Mass ... +3.5
Sandy Hook, N.J. ... -0.32
Savannah, Ga ... +0.20
Southport (Smithville),
    N.C. ... -0.43
Stamford, Conn ... +2.59
Vineyard Haven, Mass ... +3.35
Washington, D.C. ... +11.54
Watch Hill, R.I ... +0.53
West Point, N.Y. ... +2.55
Wilmington, N.C. ... +0.59
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