Meteorological Observations, S7 



mical properties, llius the liquid when poured into water does not 

 produce the hissing noise of a red-hot iron plunged into water, aa 

 the crystals do ; it mixes quietly with weak acids, alcohol or water, 

 to the bottom of which it falls quietly like an oil, which is eventually 

 converted into sulphurous, sulphuric and hydrochloric acids. 



ITiis transformation agrees perfectly with the analysis, which 

 shows it to be a compound of sulphur, chlorine and oxygen, repre- 

 sented by S-'O^ CI'-. It will be observed that it differs from the 

 chlorosulphuric acid discovered by M. Regnault, SO- CI, and from 

 the liquid analysed by H. Rose, represented by S^O^Cl. 



As to the analysis of the above described compound, and which 

 M. Millon observes may be named hypochlorosulphuric acid, it will 

 be seen that it offers no difficulty as soon as it has assumed the 

 liquid form. It is sufficient to fill a weighed glass bubble with it, which 

 is to be broken in a bottle containing nitrous nitric acid : the action 

 is to be moderated by cooling the bottle ; the sulphuric acid is after- 

 wards determined by the quantity of sulphate of barytes obtained, 

 and the chlorine by the chloride of silver. — Journ. de PIi. et de C/i., 

 December 1844. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR NOV. 1844. 



Cliiswick. — Nov. 1. Overcast: boisterous. 2. Constant heavy rain : boisterous 

 at night. 3. Cloudy and fine. 4, 5. Cloudy. 6. Overcast. 7. Rain : cloudy. 

 8. Overcast: heavy rain at ni<^ht. 9. Hazy clouds : fine : clear. 10. Clear and 

 fine: rain. 11. Densely clouded : fine. 12. Kain: drizzly : boisterous, with rain 

 at night. 13. Heavy rain. 14. Rain. 15. Cloudy. 16. Hazy: clear. 17. 

 J^oggy- 18, 19. Overcast. 20. Hazy : clear and fine. 21. Foggy throughout. 

 22. Hazy. 23. Foggy. 24. Hazy : cloudy. 25. Cloudy and tine. 26. Clear 

 and frosty. 27. Sharp frost : foggy : clear and frosty at night. 28. Foggy : 

 cloudy. 29. Easterly haze : foggy. 30. Overcast. — Mean temperature of the 

 month 0°*85 above the average. 



Boston. — Nov. 1. Cloudy. 2. Stormy: rain p.m. 3. Rain : rain early a.m. : 

 rain P.M. 4. Rain : rain early a.m. : showery afterwards. 5. Cloudy : rain early 

 A.M. : showery afterwards. 6. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. and p.m. 7. Fine. 

 8. Cloudy : rain P.M. 9. Cloudy. 10. P'ine : rain p.m. 11. Fine: rain early a.m. 

 12. Cloudy : rain p.m. 13. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 14. Fine. 15. Cloudy : 

 rain early A.M. 16. Fine. 17 — 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy : first ice 

 thismorning. 23. Cloudy. 24. Cloudy: totaleclipseof the moon visible 1 1 p.m. 

 25. Cloudy. 26, 27. Fine. 28—30. Clondy. 



Sandwic/c Manse, Orkney. — Nov. I. Cloudy. 2. Damp. 3. Bright: clear. 

 4—7. Fine. 8. Showers. 9 — 11. Rain. 12. Cloudy. 13. Frost: fine: 

 cloudy. 14. Frost: fine: cloudy: frost. 15. Rain. !()'. Rain : drizzle. 17, 

 18. Cloudy. 19. Bright: hazy. 20. Showers. 21. Bright: cloudy. 22. 

 Bright : clear : aurora. 23. Bright : ckar. 24, Clear. 25. Cloudy. 26. 

 Bright : rain. 27. Cloudy : damp. 28. Cloudy : clear. 29. Rain : clear. 

 .30. Bright : clear. 



Applegartk M<inse, Dumfries-shire. — Nov. 1. Fair : wind high. 2. Very slight 

 shower. 3. Very slight shower : clear. 4,5. Fair, but threatening. 6. Cloudy 

 and damp. 7. Fair and fine. 8. Dull a.m.: rain. 9. Fair, but dull. 10, 

 II. Cloudy A.M.: rain P.M. 12. Rain. 13. Fair and mild. 14. Heavy rain : 

 flood, l.'j. Fair and fine. 16. Fair and fine, though cloudy. 17. Damp: slight 

 shower. 18. Rain p.m. 19. Fair and fine. 20. Fair and fine : frost a.m. : fog. 

 21. Fair and fine : frost. 22. Slight rain. 23. Fair, but dull. 24. Fair ; frost. 

 25. Fair : slight frost A.M. 26. Fair, but cloudy. 27. Cloudy a.m. : rain p.m. 

 28. Fair, but dull. 29. Shower. 30. Fine : frost a.m. 



