570 Meteorological Obfcrvations. 
membered to have obferved in England, hardly 
crediting ‘the evidence of his eyes, immediately 
procured the concurrent teftimony of two cu- 
tious and intelligent friends, who were. alfo 
eye witnefles to the ftill more aftonifhing de- 
grees which fucceeded.— Where there are blank 
{paces in the table, no obfervations were made. 
Below nought is fignified by an o over the figures. 
+ eI RR 
§ Il. 
OF RAIN. 
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Obfervations on the quantity of Rain which fell at 
Liverpool, with the number of wet and variable 
days in each month, for a period of eighteen years, 
beginning with the year 1775.  <Abjftratied from 
Mr. Hurcuinson’s ‘Fournal. 
When rain is mentioned both in the morning 
and evening obfervations of Mr. Hutchinfon’s 
Journal, unlefs it is obferved to be but little, 
I have called the day wet; and where rain 
occurs in the morning, or evening obfervation 
only, unlefs it is obferved to be heavy, I have 
called the day variable.—The height of the 
rain was given in inches and eighths, and 
fractions of eights, which, for the convenience 
of comparifon, I have reduced to decimals, 
1773 
