so Dr. Bottomley on the late 



jo' to zero Fahr. — " On a diurnal inequality in the direction 

 and velocity of the wind apparently connected with the 

 daily changes of Magnetic declination." Having combined 

 the results of the anemograph observations made at Oxford 

 during \%6j-6Z with those of the previous eight years, he 

 finds a confirmation of the opinion expressed in a former 

 paper, relative to a connection of wind movement and 

 daily change of magnetic declination. He also examines 

 whether the mean direction of the wind at Oxford in different 

 years had any relation to the number of spots observed on 

 the sun's disc. Taking the period from 1859 to 1868, it 

 appears that the greatest angle of direction occurred in i860, 

 which^ was a year of maximum solar spot frequency, and 

 the least in 1866, when solar spots were least numerous. 



Session 18 j 1-^2. — "Note on the Destruction of St. Mary's 

 Church, Crumpsall, on the 4th January, 1872, by fire from 

 a lightning discharge " ; " On the Changes in the Distribu- 

 tion of Barometric Pressure, Temperature, and Rainfall 

 during a Solar Spot Period." Dividing a period of 1 1 

 years, from 1858 to 1868 inclusive, into two periods of 

 maximum and minimum solar frequency, he finds the mean 

 pressure under different winds, and the differences ; the 

 differences under north-east, east, south-east, south-west, 

 and west are too considerable to be fairly attributable to 

 accidental causes. A comparison was then made of the 

 mean pressure under north-east, east, and south-east winds 

 with those under south-west and west winds ; a maximum 

 difference occurred in i860 when solar spot frequency was 

 at a maximum, and a minimum difference in 1867 when 

 solar spot frequency was also at a minimum, and the general 

 course of the differences has a remarkable similarity to that 

 of the numbers representing the variations of solar spot 

 frequency. From a comparison of temperature with dif- 

 ferent winds he finds that in the first period (1858-62) the 

 maximum temperature occurs under winds from south- 



