EECEEATIVE SCIENCE. 



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METEOEOLOG-Y OF NOVEMBEE. 



FROM OBSERVATIONS AT HIGHFIELD HOUSE OBSERVATORY. 



Year. 



1842 , 



1843 , 

 1844 

 1845 



1846 . 



1847 , 



1848 , 

 1849 

 1850 

 1851 , 

 1853 , 



1853 , 



1854 , 



1855 , 



1856 , 



1857 . 



1858 . 

 The greatest heat in shade reached 620' in 1842, 



and only 52-5° in 1851, giving a range of 9'5° in greatest 

 heat for November during the past seventeen years. 



The greatest cold was as low as 13'2'' in 1858, and 

 never below 30*P in 1844, giving a range of IG'd" in 

 greatest cold for November during seventeen years. 



Only three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in No- 

 vember, 1846, 1848, and 1858, whilst the very large 

 amount of seven inches fell in November, 1852. 



Generally a few very sharp frosts occur. The mean 

 amount of rain for the month, 1'9 inches, as the un- 

 usually great amount which fell in November, 1852, 

 has raised the average a quarter of an inch. 



E. J. Lowe. 



ASTEONOMICAL OBSEEVATIONS 

 FOE NOVEMBEE, 1859. 



The sun is in the constellation Scorpio till tne even- 

 ing of the 22nd, when he passes into Sagittarius. In 

 London he rises on the 1st at Oh. 55m., on the 15th at 

 7h. 20m., and on the 30th at 7h. 44m. Pie sets, at the 

 same place, on the 1st at 4h. 32m., on the 10th at 4h. 

 9m., and on the 30th at 3h; 53m. On the 4th, at 

 Edinburgh, he rises 17 ininutes later than in London, 

 and on the 18th 21 minutes later. On the 14th, he 

 rises at Dublin 9 minutes later than in London, and on 

 the 28th 11 minutes later. 



Twilight ends on the 3rd at 6h. 25m. ; and day 

 breaks on the 8th, at 5h. 10m., and on the 26th at 5h. 

 35m. Length of day on the 10th, 9h. 6m. ; length of day 

 has decreased on 10th, 7h. 28m., and on 21st, 8h. 2m, 



Full moon on the 10th, at 2h. 5m. p.m. 



New moon on the 24th, at Ih. 43m, p.m. 



The moon is at her greatest distance from the 

 earth on the 3rd, and at lier least distance on the 16th. 

 She is near Jupiter on the 15th, Saturn on the 17th, 

 Mars 21st, Yenus 25th, and Mercury on the 26th. 



Mercury is an evening star, in the constellation 

 Libra, till the middle of the month, and after which in 

 Sagittarius. He is becoming larger and more fa- 

 vourably situated for observation, reaching his greatest 

 easterly elongation on the 26th. On the 27th, he sets 

 at 4h. 66m. p.m. He is seen as a crescent. 



Venus is an evening star, but being so far from the 

 earth, and situated so low in the heavens, she will be 

 unfavourable for observation. Venus is now almost 

 circular, and her disc only 10" in diameter of arc, in 

 the constellation Ophiuchus, except for a few days at 

 commencement of month, when she is in Libra. 



Mars is a morning star, and still very unfavourable 

 for observation, his disc being only 4" in diameter. 

 Every day he will become a better object, although 

 slowly. In the constellation Virgo. 



Jupiter is in the constellation Cancer, and very 

 favourably situated for telescopic observation. On the 

 7th, he rises at 8h. 41m. p.m., and on the 27th, at 7h. 

 20m. p.m. 



Saturn is in Leo for the whole of the month, and a 

 good telescopic object; his rings, however, are not so 

 widely open as they were several years ago. On the 

 17th he rises 10h.51m. p.m., on 27th at lOh. 13m. p.m. 



Uranus is very favourably situated for observation. 

 He is in Taurus, and j'«s< visible to the naked eye; he 

 is situated within the triangle formed by the Pleiades, 

 Aldebaran, and t Tauri, about two-thirds of the dis- 

 tance between Aldebaran and t, and to the east of 

 the latter star. 



Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites: — The first moon 

 disappears on the 6th, at 9h. 58m.9s. p.m.; disappears 

 on the 13th, at llh. 51m. 20s. p.m. ; on the 21st, dis- 

 appears at Ih. 44m. 33s. a.m. ; on the 29th, disappears 

 at lOh. 6m. 13s. p.m. The second moon disappears on 

 the 22nd, at lOh. 8m. S7s. p.m., and disappears on the 

 30th, at Oh. 45m. 5s. a.m. The third moon disappears 

 on the 24th, at 9h. 4m. Is. p.m., and reappears on the 

 25th, at Oh. 15m. 7s. a.m. 



The sun reaches the meridian on the 2nd, at 1 Ih; 

 43m. 42s. a^m., and on the 27th, at llh. 47m. 43s. a.m. 

 Equation of time on the 2nd, 16m. 18s., and on the 

 27th, 12m. 17s. 

 Declination, i. e., variation of the com- 

 pass for London ,. .. =21' 30' W. 

 Inclination, or dip of the needle . . = 68' 20' N. 

 Total force (in units) . . . . = 10-30. 



E. J. Lowe. 



Highfield Observatory, Nottingham, 



THINaS OF THE SEASON— NOVEMBEE. 



for various localities of great BRITAIN. 



Birds Arriving.— Gadwell, Silktail, Widgeon, 

 Golden Plover, Golden-eyed Pocher, Red-headed 

 Pocher, Stock-dove, Hawfinch, Redwing, Fieldfare, 

 flights of Crested Wren occasionally from Norway. 



Birds Departing. — Snipe, Water Wagtail occa- 

 sionally migrates to south of England. 



Wild Plants. — Arbutus unedo in flower, Nidula- 

 ria campanulata, various Agarics, and Lichens. 



