| Description | Whilst the manuscript includes six essays, they are arranged as one single piece of prose, preceded by a single introduction. The titles of the six essays, listed on the first page of the manuscript, are as follows:
- On the greatest force of currents of Air, called Winds;
- On the force of Wind, impregnated with a particular quantity of moisture;
- On the Cause of the greater force of Hurricanes, in the torrid zone, than of storms in high latitudes;
- Observations on the operation of nature, in the prevention, and termination, of Hurricanes;
- On the force of explosion, known by the name of Thunder;
- The force of explosion of Thunder, as appears from calculation and phaenomena; and the force of explosion of Gunpowder by the action of time compared.
Numerous emendations in ink appear throughout.
Subject: Meteorology |