Excerpt from Meteorological Observations and Essays In the second part, the first essay, though it contains little or nothing new, will be found a proper introduction to the subsequent ones. The second essay, containing the theory of the trade-winds, was, as I conceived when it was printed off, original but I find since, that they are explained on the very same principles, and in the same manner, in the Philosophical Transactions for 1785, by george hadley, Esq. F. R. See - See Martyn's Abridgment, Vol. 8, part 2, page 500. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.