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Amorphous phosphorus does not combine with sulphur at 233° F., 

 it must be heated to 446"^. Chlorine combines with it without 

 the disengagement of light, a boiling solution of potash acts upon 

 it, evolving non-inflammable phosphuretted hydrogen, and the 

 phosphorus becomes the black modification, described by M. The- 

 nard; and according to M, Schroetter, phosphorus never becomes 

 the black modification without having previously assumed the red 

 one. — Comptes Rendus, Octobre 1848. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR NOV. 1848. 

 Chiswick. — November 1. Rain, with fog. 2, Fine : cloudy. 3. Overcast : 

 cloudy and fine. 4. Overcast. 5. Clear and frosty : overcast. 6. Overcast. 

 7. Clear and cold : sharp frost at night. 8. Frosty : bright sun : clear and frosty. 

 9, 10. Clear: slight frost at nights. 11. Overcast. 12. Slight rain. 13, 14. Very 

 fine. 15. Clear : severe frost at night. 16. Frosty : clear and fine. 17. Densely 

 clouded: rain: peculiar luminosity in the evening: overcast. 18. Densely 

 clouded. 19. Very fine. 20. Densely clouded : rain : boisterous. 21. Clear 

 and fine : peculiar aurora borealis half-past seven p.m. in N.W. 22. Overcast. 

 23. Rain. 24. Cloudy: clear and frosty. 25. Frosty: overcast: slight rain. 

 26. Cloudy. 27. Very fine. 28. Cloudy. 29. Densely overcast : boisterous. 

 SO. Clear : cloudy : partially overcast. 



JVlean temperature of the month 41°'01 



Mean temperature of Nov. 1847 44 '61 



Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty years 43 "00 



Average amount of rain in Nov 2*56 inches. 



Boston. — Nov. 1. Foggy. 2. Fine. 3. Rain : rain a.m. and p.m. 4. Fine: 

 rain early a.m. and snow p.m. 5. Fine : rain p.m. 6. Cloudy. 7, 8. Fine. 

 9. Cloudy : snow A.M. 10 — 14. Fine. 15. Cloudy. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy: 

 rain A.M. 18. Cloudy. 19. Fine. 20 Cloudy : rain in evening. 21. Fine. 

 22. Cloudy : rain a.m. 23. Cloudy. 24. Fine. 25. Fine : rain p.m. 26 — 



28. Fine. 29. Fine : rain p.m. 30. Fine. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Nov. 1. Dull a.m. : soft rain p.m. 2. Fine 

 generally : flying showers. 3. Rain a.m. : cleared : looking frosty. 4. Frost 

 hard : hills covered with snow. 5. Frost hard : sprinkling of snow. 6. Thaw: 

 showers : stormy. 7. Frost : fine clear day. 8. Frost : clear : snow p.m. 9. Fine 

 winter day : fro£t : snow inch deep. 10. Frost : clear: snow melting. II. Frost : 

 dull and cloudy : snow gone. 12. Fine: no frost a.m. : gentle frost p.m. 13. 

 Frost a.m. : a change of weather. 14. Frost a.m.: thaw: frost again. 15. FrostA.M.: 

 thaw P.M. 16. Drops of rain occasionally. 17. Rain during night : aurora very 

 splendid. 18. Heavy rain during night : ditto day. 19. Frost a.m. : thaw p.m. 

 20. Storm of rain and wind : flood. 21. Bleak and dull all day. 2A Rain, 

 greater part of day. 23. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 24. Frost again. 25,26. Thaw: 

 rain and high wind. 27. Fair and fine. 28. Wet nearly all day : high wind. 



29. Frequent showers. 30. Fair, but cloudy. 



Mean temperature of the month 39°'8 



Mean temperature of Nov. 1847 47 -7 



Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty five years . 40 '4 



Rain in Nov. 1847 S*79inches. 



Average amount of rain in Nov. for twenty years 3'60 „ 



Sandvdck Manse, Orkney. — Nov. 1. Drops : rain : aurora. 2. Showers: hail- 

 showers. 3. Snow : hail-showers. 4. Snow,: clear. 5. Showers. 6. Cloudy : 

 showers. 7. Showers : sleet. 8. Snow-showers : clear : frost. 9. Cloudy : rain. 

 10. Cloudy: clear: aurora. 11. Bright: drizzle: showers. 12. Fine: clear. 

 IS. Cloudy : showers. 14. Cloudy : hail-showers. 15. Cloudy: showers. i6. 

 Bright : cloudy. 1 7. Showers : aurora. 18. Damp : showers : aurora. 19. Hoar- 

 frost : showers. 20. Rain. 21. Rain : cloudy : aurora. 22. Rain. 23. Showers: 

 aurora. 24. Cloudy : clear. 25, 26. Cloudy : rain. 27, 28. Showers. 29. 

 Cloudy : showers. 30. Showers. 



