324 Gemmiellaro on the Eruptions of Etna, &e. 
this year. 21 thunder storms. Lowest temperature 28°, highest 
102°. ‘ 
In 1814, one panes on the 3d November, preceded by 
a silent but sudden discharge of .sand from the part of the 
mountain called the Zoccolaro, and from a part of the Timpa 
del Barile. Etna smoked 5 days only. On the 2d of June a 
phenomenon occurred, quite: unexampled here. The air be- 
came sonorous, producing a whistling noise, which could be 
modulated by motions of the fingers. This was mentioned in 
the Italian and French journals. Two waterspouts occurred at 
Nicolosi, vzz., on the 18th June and 29th November. Lowest 
temperature 37°, highest 88°. 12 Thunder storms, 
In 1815, an earthquake on the 6th September, Etna smoked 
42 days. A waterspout on 6th January. 11 thunder storms. 
The effects of lightning on the 6th, 7th, and 11th of January 
were most tremendous. The spires of the churches at Nicolosi, 
at Pedara, at Stell’ Arragona, the light-house at Messina, the 
castle at Sylla, &c. &c., were struck. 
In 1816, no earthquakes. The mountain smoked 27 days. 
On the 13th August, a loud noise was heard, occasioned by a 
portion of the interior side of the great crater having fallen. 
10 Thunder storms. 
In 1817, an earthquake on the 18th October. The mountain 
smoked 22 days. 8 Thunder showers. 
In 1818, 25 earthquakes. The greatest (a destructive one,) 
in the neighbourhood of Catania, was on the 20th February. 
Etna smoked 24 days. Nothunder. Greatest heat 96°. 
Signor M. Gemmellaro’s Register of Thermometric Observa- 
tions, made contemporaneously every morning, noon, and even- 
ing, at Catania, at Nicolosi, and at the house on Etna, between 
the 30th of June and 5th of September, of the year 1811, gives 
the following results, v2z., 
The mean temperature of this period, at Catania, was 8344° ; 
at Nicolosi, 77-339; on Etna, 433°. Therefore the difference 
between the climate of Catania a that of Nicolosi was 6228° ; 
between ine and Etna, 34,64°; between Catania inal 
Etna, 40334 
