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Meteorological Table, by Dr. Clarke, of Nottingham. 



Thermometer. 



Highest Observation, July 13, 89»SW. 



Lowest Observation, Jau. 22, 17''SW. 



Greatest Variation in 24 Hours, 

 Jan. 22, 23, - - - 19» 



The Mean, - ... 49-88 



Weather. Days. Winds. Times. 

 Fair - 237 - N. & NE. - 262 

 Wet - 128 - E. & SE. - 128 ■ 



S. & SW. - -ZSQ 



365 - W.&NW.- 352 



1098 



RESULTS. 



I Barometer. 



Wind. 



Highest Observation, Feb. 25, 30-74N. 

 I.owestObservatiou.Nov. 18, 2S'72SE. 

 [Greatest Variation in 24 Hours, 

 I Oct. 13, 14, - - - - -91 

 'The Mean, - . - - - 29-84 



Rain. Inches. 



• Greatest Quantity in April, 385 

 Smallest ditto in February -54 



Total - 22-56 



Remarks. — The town of Nottinghairt is situated in latitude 59" 59' 35" North, and 

 in I" 7' o'' longitude West of Londo.i. It rises with much grandfui- from the bunks 

 of the small river Leeu, ffradiiall)- inoreasinp its elevation as it cvtemis to the N.E. so 

 that above oiie-h.ilf stands on a considerable eir.iueuct^ ; tiie foundatiou is a soft siuid 

 itoue rock, easily excavated, and forming excellent cellars. The buildings are chiefly 

 of brick, and commonly three or four stories high. The stret-ls are, in general, nar- 

 row. The neighbourhood produces an ample supply of co;d, which is the only fuel used 

 in the town. The Trent, a fine navigable river, flows, from V\ est to Rast, within a 

 mile of the town; it is subject to very sudden swells, which sometimes proiluce fload.4 

 that inundate the meadow ground between the river and the tjwn, the atniosi)her6 

 must be, in some measure, influenced by Ihe evaporation that follows, ai. well as by the 

 dense haze over the river iu sumuier evenings, and the thick fogs of winter. 



The barometer, thermometer, and pluvi;untter(or rain-gauge , arc :ii;M'iiistrunients 

 made by JoiieK, of Ilolborii. 'I'he thermometer, on Fahrenheit's scale, it placed out- 

 side a window, facing the VV>sl, in the centre of the town, but in a situation |>rotecl!'d 

 Iroin currents of air, or rrllcct'd heat. The observations were made daily, at 8 A.M. 

 •i P.M. and 1 1 P.M. and from them the averages are iloduce J. The barometer ^of the 

 porl.-»ble kind) is firmly hjLcd to a slaudL-trd wall oyer a stair-case, on a level of 130 feet 

 aboT<- Jhe iii:n. The ob-.ervalions Mere taken daily at < P.M. and from th«se the nie«u 

 was oblaiiiiil. 'Ihe pluviannter is placed in a garden, on an elevaliou of 140 feet 

 »bov"' the level of lh>^ si-ii, wliere it i-;uinot be nilected by builditi^^s, or gU'.fs of wind. 

 Tlu- obkervali.,iL, are taken at the end of each montli. The otjservntions on the wind 

 Were m.'uU- at ?• A.M. '2 P.M. and at du.k, I'rou the vauc ofa cUuich neeple, the most 

 •Icvatril puj t iu Ihc tuwu. 



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