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XXIV. Remarks explanatory, and Tabular Results of a Meteoro- 

 logical Journal kept at Carlisle by the late Mr WILLIAM 

 PITT during twenty-four years. By THOMAS BARNES, 

 M.D. Physician to the Fever Hospital and Public Dis- 

 pensary at Carlisle, &c. 



(Read 1st Feb. 1830J 



Ji HE Royal Society of Edinburgh having taken great interest in 

 meteorological observations, it has occurred to me, that the ac- 

 companying Meteorological Journals would be acceptable to the 

 Society. I therefore transmit them, in the hope that they may 

 be of some service, in promoting the laudable object of the So- 

 ciety, the science of meteorology. 



These journals include a period of twenty-four years, and 

 were kept by the late Mr PITT of Carlisle, who was long a care- 

 ful and accurate observer of many atmospherical phenomena. 

 Mr PITT did not avail himself of the new instruments that are 

 used in meteorology, but understood well the nature and appli- 

 cation of those he employed. The thermometer, barometer, and 

 rain-gauge, were the instruments he made use of, and they are 

 probably more important than any other. For many years Mr 

 PITT had no particular occupation, and meteorology was his 

 hobby. He devoted a great portion of his time to astronomical 

 and meteorological observations, took great delight in keeping 

 his journals, and was scrupulously accurate. From my personal 

 knowledge of his diligence, of his habits of making correct obser- 

 vations, and the systematic fidelity with which he recorded them, 

 I think I can with great safety vouch for the accuracy of the 

 statements contained in his journals. 



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