XIV. — On the Formation of Clouds, as observed 

 in the locality of Kirkhy Lonsdale, Westmor- 

 land, in the month of October, 1847. By 

 William Sturgeon, Esq., in a letter to 

 E. W. BiNNEY, Esq. 



(Read November 2nd, 1847.) 



My Dear Sir, 



Having had some experience as 

 an observer of clouds, but having never witnessed 

 such regular, and long continued transitions in 

 the forms of aqueous vapour as those which have 

 appeared, within the last fortnight, in this local- 

 ity ; nor being aware that any such have been 

 recorded by Meteorologists, a description of 

 them will be interesting to those philosophers 

 whose studies are devoted to this class of natural 

 phenomena. 



The village in which I now reside, and where 



