1 58 Meteorological Observatiojis for June 1 828. 



We must therefore repeat in our justification that we object to con- 

 tinue a controversy, when it is degenerating from a philosophical in- 

 quiry into a personal dispute. We should not have inserted Mr. H.'s 

 last letter, had we observed that, instead of giving any reply to the 

 objections brought by a /3, and F.R.S. against his charge of failure 

 in Lagrange's method, he had passed them by in silence, and aimed 

 at taking up ne ground. We submit, however, that the fair course of 

 discussion absolutely requires that he should dispose of the objections, 

 either by admitting their validity, or by refuting them, before he can 

 have a claim further to occupy our pages on this subject. With his 

 suggestion respecting the names of his opponents we cannot com- 

 ply : nor are names of any consequence in such discussions. As to the 

 letter of Veritas, it does not appear to contain any thing by which 

 knowledge may be advanced, or our readers interested. — Ed. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1828. 



Gosport. — Numerical Results for the Month. 



Barom. Max. 30-33 June 26. Wind S.— Min. 29-35 June 1 8. Wind N.E. 

 Range of the index 0-98. 



Mean barometrical pressure for the month 29-982 



Spaces described by the rising and falling of the mercury 4-610 



Greatest variation in 24 hours 0-550. — Number of changes 18. 

 Therm. Max. 81° June 28. Wind S.E.— Min. 48° June 6. Wind N.W. 

 Range 33°.— Mean temp.of exter. air 63°-63. For 30 days with in n 6210 

 Max. var. in 24 hours 24°-00— Mean temp, of spring water at 8 A.M. 52°-44 



De Luc's Whalebone Hygrometer. 



Greatest humidity of the air in the evening of the 22nd 86° 



Greatest dryness of the air in the afternoon of the 8th 40 



Range of the index 46 



Mean at 2 P.M. 51°-2— Mean at 8 A.M. 57°7— Mean at 8 P.M. 63-7 



of three observations each day at 8, 2, and 8 o'clock 57*5 



Evaporation for the month 4-65 inches. 

 Rain near ground 1-98 inches. 

 Prevailing wind, S.W. 



Summary of the Weather. 

 A clear sky, 5; fine, with various modifications of cloudy, 17; an over- 

 cast sky without rain, 4 ; rain, 4, — Total 30 days. 



Clouds. 



Cirrus. Cirrocumulus. Cirrostratus. Stratus. Cumulus. Cumulostr. Nimbus 



25 16 29 29 23 14 



Scale of the prevailing Winds. 



N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Days. 



2 3 2£ 4 3 8 2* 5 30 



General Observations. — The first part of this month was alternately wet and 



dry, but from the 20th to the end, more favourable weather could not have 



happened for hay-making, which was performed generally in Hampshire 



with expedition, and the crops got in, in excellent condition. Early in the 



morning of the 5th a storm passed over to the eastward, with lightning and 



thunder: showers of rain and hail with distant thunder also occurred in 



the afternoon of the 6th. In the evening of the 7th a parhelion appeared 



in a cirrostratus cloud on the south side of the sun. From between two 



and 



