624 Meteorological. Obfervations. 
however was not duly paid in April, May, or 
June; but the account was at laft completely 
balanced in July.. The remaining months will 
be found to proceed in a fimilar manner. 
But, left my former explanation of thefe 
phenomena fhould' be lefs complete or diftiné 
than could be wifhed, I fhall endeavour to 
exprefs’ my meaning in other words, and with 
as much precifion as poflible. Every aber- 
ration, then, of the barometer above or below 
the medium’ of the feafon, when not’ com- 
pletely balanced by an equal deviation in the 
oppofite direétion, is either accompanied, or 
(what is moft frequently the cafe) is followed 
by one of the three following confequences : 
Every tenth of an inch of rife or fall in the 
barometer is anfwered, in the firft place, by 
nearly two degrees of heat being added to, or 
fubtracted from, the mean heat of the time. 
od. It is anfwered by nearly one half lefs, or 
one half more of falls, than what is the ufual 
quantity which is precipitated’ in that feafon. 
And ad. It is anfwered by: both thefe confe- 
quences together. This is what moft frequently 
occurs; but the proportions pige® as here ftated 
are always taken in the account.: 
I by no’means pretend to fay, that thefe 
confequences ‘are abfolutely to be expected; 
‘pecaufe feveral circumftances. often feem to 
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