Note 7 — SUN-SPOT, STORM, AND FAMINE.
Reading edition
In 1860, a year of maximum sun-spot frequency, Cambridge won the University boat-race; the year 1865, of minimum sun-spot frequency, marked the middle of a long array of Oxford victories; 1872, the next maximum, marked the middle of a Cambridge series of victories. May we not anticipate that in 1878, the year of minimum spot frequency, Oxford will win? [This prediction made in autumn, 1877, was fulfilled.] I doubt not similar evidence might be obtained about cricket.