372 Mr Marshall's Meteorological Observations 



The preceding numbers will enable any person to find the positions of 

 the planets, to lay them down upon a celestial globe, and to determine their 

 times of rising and setting. 



Art. XXX. — Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal 

 in June, July, and August 1828. By Mr Samuel Marshall. Com- 

 municated by the Author. 



State of the Barometer, Thermometer, 6$c. in Kendal for June 1828. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 26th, - - - 30.09 



Minimum on the 5th, .... 29.08 



Mean height, .... 29.78 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 28th, - - - 81.5° 



Minimum on the 7th, - - - 44° 



Mean height, ... - _ 59.07° 



Quantity of rain, 3.078 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 1 1. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



The weather in this month has been mostly sultry, and we have had 

 more thunder than usual in June. The wind from the east has prevailed 

 more than is generally the case in summer, and has been very sultry. The 

 barometer has experienced considerable fluctuations, and the average tem- 

 perature is greater than that of the corresponding month in the last year, 

 and the prevalent wind in the same quarter. There have been 22.308 in- 

 ches of rain taken during the present year, and in the first six months last 

 year there were 30.304. To the end of June last year we had 87 wet days, 

 and this year to the same period 92. 



July. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 31st, - - - 29.83 



Minimum on the 14th, - - - 29.12 



Mean height, - - - 29.50 



