Publication Describes Work With New Apparatus Using delicate recording apparatus resented to them in 1951 by the National Meteorological Office of Paris, the Jesuit Fathers at Siccawei have' conducted a study of "atmospheries™ continuously since January 1, 1952, and have now issued an teresting illustrated treaties on the work under the title, 'Notes de 'Météorologie Physique—Fascicule IV, Etude des Atmosphériques, 1932—1035.' The book comes from the pen of the Rev. -Pierre Lejay, $3. Director of Siccawei Observatory, and was printed at Tousewe, near Siccawei.
The learned language of the treatise and the imposing display of maps and. chaus should not dis courage reading by persons familiar with French, as the subject is one fof general "interest in Shanghai, particularly at this season when {yphoons and other storms are Teg ular visitors to the China Coast, The felear and forceful language of the book admirably suits the subject] matter.
Two specific storms, both of which occurred in the spring of 1933, are given separate treatment "by Fother Lejay as illustrations of the general thesis of the study. The first storm, covering the period from March 21 to March 27, 1938, was caused by a depression over the East Sea and Drought rain to a large region slong. the China Coast, On the evening of JMarch 25 a depression appeared over the basin of the Yangtze River, the barometer having fallen steadily since morning. The low-pressure fea started to move in an easterly direction and passed to. the south of Shanghai late during the evering. Qn the 26th the apparatus registered remarkable recrudescence of atmospheric particles ("parasites"), Another Storm On the sixth of April the same year, the centre of a meteorological area' of depression was over central China, travelling east-north-eastwards. It' passed over the Shanghai district the same evening. The following morning high-pressure areas over Siberia began to extend into northern China as the centre of high-pressure moved on, During the night of the sixth and seventh the particles were recorded. in almost every direction, having the same, very moderate in:
ity. Barely did the apparatus Indieste a maximum to the north west at 9 pam, {0 the southwest at 4 O'clock the following morning. At 6 am. on the 8th the low-pressure area covered Japan and the high-pressure area, following, was over the Ching Coast The anticyclone was traveling southwards, causing a fresh monsoon to blow in Shanghai and environs. The recordings revealed a Fecrudescence of "atmospherics" in a zone extending to a line correspond-Ing to the southern limit of the monsoon. On April 9 the areas of high pressure had definitely moved southwards and it was the: southern region Which provided the small number of atmospherics still being recorded. Finally, on April 10, high-pressure areas were over the local region and the atmospherics had virtually disappeared.
The scientists plan to observe many similar phenomena before drawing @efinite conclusions, Tue—Anti-Cholera Movement, which was sponsored by the Bureau of Public Health of the Municipal Government of Greater Shanghai, was concluded on Monday. Credit can bbe given the movement in the fact that there was not a single case of true cholera in this city during the whole summer, "NoC. Herald" Photo,
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