‘ : meafured daily at 
Firft. The quantity and correfponding perpendicular height of rain, kc. fallen at Dumfries during the year 1791, as y 
ten o'Clock by Ib, oz. and drachm meafures.—Secondly. The medium height of the Barometer taken at the fame as nin 
‘ 1 i nm each m Y 
the medium of each month during the laft fourteen Years,—Thirdly. The medium height of the Thermometer 1 
me, compared with 
1791, taken and compared in the fame manner. 
[ To face Page 272. ] 
Farenheit's Scale Thermometer. 
Talis in a Water Gage of one Foot Square. BESTA ey A 
_ | ~51|) ese |i cee Med f | Medium of 
secenliony Mir cued ove the | Below the| the four 
7 ‘ y of|Correfpond| Above low the leach Month|| Medium off Above the | Below the| the four ||Medium in| Above Lewis af 
aa aie ud Ree ne ie aed ‘Meum, eed re. each Month Mediums Medium, |} preceding |jcach Month] Medium, | Medium eerie 
eal irortalls! cedingyears|| in 1791. years, || in 1791. 
ea | a] eT pane rees. Degrees. 
Months |lb. ozs.drs| Inches, | Inches, | Inches. | Inches. |] Inches, | Inches, | Inches, | Inches. |} Degrees. Degrees. | Deg rewtoeoere 
. eae | ae ere 750 
January 17] 74 | 3.5028 «4400 3.0628 ||29.2082 3-388 |29.547 40.098 5-348 Pee 
February | 15] 46 | 3.0673 +245 2.8223 |/29.7922 +1922 29.600 |/41.0772 0272 aecas 
March 9| 83 | 1.9096 2621 | 2.1717 ||29.9712 +3412 29.630 |/45.702 2.702 aged 
April 15| 4\t | 3-0602 | 1.2734 __ | 1.7868 ||29.6613 0287 |29.690 149-530 +530 a os 
May 9| 46 | 1.8642 -6166 | 2.4808 |/29.8203 +0353 29.785 [50-726 1.774 ; ‘5 x 
June 8) 617 | 1.6903 1.3225 | 3.0128 29-8747 0437 29.831 64.364 1,214 a pee 
July 26} alo 5.2386 | 2.2092 3.0296 |\29.6570 .2140 |29.8710 |/64.2991 2.0509 kee pe 
Auguft | 17\1115 | 3.5545 | -4474 3.1071 |29.8851 | .301 29-8550 ]64.4043 pSe EE its | eS 
September, 7| 80 | 1.5039 2.9784 | 4.4823 |{30-0120 +235 29-777 ‘||61.022 3-272 = \57-75 
Ogtober 28} 90 5-6285 | 1.5559 4.0726 ||29.568 +137 129-705 48.917 1.5003 |50-500 
November) 24| 04 | 4.8185 | 1.7226 3.0959 ||29-4915 .1035 |29-605 142.4582 1.9582 aesee 
December} 17} 216 | 3-4433 3731 3.0024 ||29.414 +173 [29-587 {132-900 5-784 |38.75° 
Total 
throwghout! + 96| 06 |39-2817 | 3.1546 36.1271 
Amount of the Falls in each Seafon throughout the Year 1791; Number of Days the Wind has blown from the different principal points 
compared with the Medium for the preceding fourteen Years throughout the Year 1791. 
du ring the fame Seafons, 
[North | North | Eaft. Welt. | North 
Above the ) Below the |Medium fo: 
South | South | South 
£ y | Eaft. | Eatt. Welt. Welt. 
Medi . | Medi > " 
yeh fh eaige hae Days. | Days | Days | Days| Days | Days | Days | Days 
38 | 8 66: | 114 79 | 53 Bot | 26 
In Spring the 
depth of falls 
was 8.0371 
In Summer | 8.7931 
In Harveft {10.6869 
In the 3 win- 
Taking the North and Eafterly Winds in Oppofition to the South and Welterly in this Year, 1791, and compared 
with the Medium of the {even preceding Years, they will ftand as follows:— 
6.780 
8.522 
+9731 \11.6600 
bove the| Below the |Medium for, 
f r Above Below 
Medium | Medium | 7 years. 
Medium. 
ter mouths |11.7646 9.1631 North 36 South 79 6 
73 
—- poet North Eaft 74 16 South Weft 53 r 52 
Throughout 66 Welt Bot 5 77 
theiyear. _[39:2817 ot | 21 || NorthWeft | 26 2 a 
B ter higheft A: ; March 8th, it ftood go.6. and low- 1 ances || anne 
Ibo fechary ath, at wat, 26-45-—Thermometer bigvel June the t4 | 139 [Total of S. W. 14h 226 
6th, 80°,—Lowelt December sith, at ten at Night, 12°. Winds 
