(824) 
ON 
THE SALINE IMPREGNATION 
OF THE 
RAIN, 
Which fell during the late Storm, 
December 5th, 1822. 
BY JOHN DALTON, F. R. S. &e. 
(Read December 13th, 1822.) 
Ir is well known that the spray of the sea 
during a storm, is often carried inland by the 
wind to a considerable distance. I have read 
accounts of salt having been found on win- 
dows many miles from the sea, after a storm 
of wind; but I do not recollect at present 
where the accounts are given, nor what kind 
of authority is given for them; and the time 
I have had to draw up this memoir does not 
allow me to consult many books. 
On the 6th instant (the day after the me- 
morable storm) Mr. John Blackwall and 
Mr. John Potter calle:) on me to enquire if 
I had observed the salt which was to be found 
on most windows exposed less or more to the 
