180 Celestial Pltenomenafrmn Jan. 1. to April 1. 1833. 



On the 6th of January, the Moon will be eclipsed, partly visible: 



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The Eclipse begins, January «. 6 35 48,4 



Middle, 7 40 21,0 



Moon's upper limb set, .... 8 30 58 



End of the eclipse, 8 56 53,6 



Digits eclipsed, 5 dig, 42' 49",5 on the north part of the Moon*s disc. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Extrctct of Letter from Mr James Mackintosh, Princi- 

 pal Li^htkeeper, Corsewall, to R. Stevenson, Esq., containing ^ 

 notice of a IVaier-Spout.— On the 5th October 1832, a line of -I 

 dark clouds had formed on the Irish shore about noon, which 

 shore they gradually coasted till opposite Cantyre, to which they ; 

 crossed; from thence they passed to Arran, and then direct to 

 Lochryan (where Corsewell is situate). They reached Loch- 

 ryan at 5 p. m. At that time I observed a thick dark column . 

 as if suspended from the darkest part of the cloud, its lower end 

 beir^g detached a small space from the water below. The co- 

 lumn revolved from east to west, and the water immediately 

 below was in terrible commotion, while all around was smooth 

 and calm. The column passed near to two smacks which were ; 

 lying off Ballantrae. Before it reached the entrance to the - j 

 loch, the column was either expended or absorbed by the cloud 

 above ; and as it rose, its motion increased in violence. From 

 the time the column was first observed till its disappearance 

 fifteen minutes elapsed. Fahrenheit's thermometer 51°; baro- 

 meter 28-90. , \ 

 2. Mol^hdena and Copper in Meteoric Iron. — Professor ^^ i 

 Stromeyer has discovered in iron in a meteoric stone from the 

 Caspian, besides nickel and cobalt, also molybdena and copper. ; 

 3. Barbadoes Hurricane of 1831. — In the hurricane that ^ 1 

 swept across the Island of Barbadoes between sunset of the 10th 

 and sunrise of the 11th of August 1831, property to the amount 

 of ^6*2,31 1,729 was destroyed ; tlie number of killed and who 

 died from injuries received, was 2500 ; and at least 5000 per- \ 

 sons were wounded. 



