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METEOROLOGICAL REPORt. 



0l/irvatiMi M lie Sr^re of the Weather, from the z^ih of July, u the zxih of AuyvIL 

 inclufive, 1805, 11x10 MiUi N. ff. of Si. Paul'i. "' ^J^ 



Thermometer, 



Barometer^ 



Higheftjo.ae. Auguft »;. Wind N.E 



Loweft 29.55. Auguft 2. Wind S.W. 



Createft 

 Variation in 



f 30 I cot! 

 variation m , ■'f 1 



-, 1 V ol an inch 



24 hours. J 



C Tt 



lis ' .u. 



The mercury fud 

 :y loCe between 

 the 20th , nd 2 1 It 

 inlVant, from 29.60 

 to .9 99. 



Higheft 77", 

 Loweft 50°. 



Createft 

 variation in 

 Z4 hours. 



5 Auguft 9th and rztfi. Wind 

 \ W and S W. 



Auguft 6th, 7th, 15th and 

 2il>. Wind W.S.N. E. 



/ This Vdriation, which, 

 ) is not great, ha? happened 

 three or four times in tht 

 courfe of this month. 



\ 



S\ 



The qnantily of rain fallen in the month now finiftied, is equal to Z.d inches in depth. 



Thire has Iciflom hcen a month of Auguft with lefs clear and brilliant weather than the 

 ^relent ; 011 twenty davs there has hecn rain, and frequently heav^ rain : neverthelefs, the 

 average helghtof tiic barometer forllie month is 29-91 nearly, whichj conlidcring the quan- 

 tity ol rain fallen, mull be deemed very high. In the neighbourhood of the metropolis we 

 have witneiTcd during the fumnier, hitherto, very little thunder and lightning. The averaga 

 height of the thermometer is nearly 62', vvhich is fomething more than it was laft Augulf, 

 hut 4° lefs than the average height of the mercury in Auguft, 1803, and full .i"* lefs than it 

 was in the fame month, 1B02. The wind has been variable, but moft frequent in the Weft 

 and South Weft. 



The following is an account of a meteor obferved on Sunday evening, the 21ft of July, bj 

 « gentleman as he palled along tlic Strand: "I ftopped (fays he) at the door of tlie 

 Crown and Anchor, the vacant fpace beiore it otTejiiig a confiderable view of the heavens, 

 at that time fplendid with ftars; I was looking with attention towards the N.W. when fud- 

 denly a meteor from about ob° of height, fliut from the W. by N. It was apparently about 

 the fi/.e of a tennis ball, perhaps hardly fo large, it was followed by a ftreani of liglit which 

 feeni'-d in fpecks, the length of the train wat about a degree, that is about twice the appa- 

 rent diameter of the moon. Its courfc was from North of Weft towards the North, palling 

 xbout 0)° above the horizon. Its motion was majeftic, but by no means rapid, I am lure it 

 was full ten feconds in motion, the light not fo |)iercing as that of a ftar of the firft magni- 

 tude, hut it exceeded that of the fecoiid, with wliich I had full opportunity of comparing it. 

 It ran through .lO" of the heavens, defcribing an arch of great diameter, its path was con- 

 vex above, and declining downwards. Ihc extinction of it was at an altitude of about ^Zh" 

 having fallen certainly not more than 10', I do not think fo much. It very viiibly ftopped 

 before it wasextinguiflied. It burft at laft with very few fparks, and its train and itfelf toge- 

 ther difappeaiert in a moment. I had perfeirt leifure and fpace to obferve its whole courl'e, 

 it expired below the fecond pointer of lire Great Bear, I inftantly drew out my watch, and 

 comparing it tliis moniiug with the clock of St Paul's Cathedral, it was exadliy at thirty-ona 

 minutes alter eleven that I obferved the end of the phenomenon. 



A TABLE of the right Afcenfion and Declination of Ceres and Pallas, 

 tor September. 



