Metercological Observnlions. 3 1 7 



St. James's, Clerkenwell, watch-maker, for his improve- 

 ments in the cnnslriictioii of watches. — Sept. 9. 



To Georiie Kitchen, of Sheffield, silver plater, for his 

 method of making portable sconces or branches. — Sept. 14. 



To VVilham Fothergill, of Greenfield, in the parish of 

 Holywell and county of Flint, copper forger, for his new 

 method of making copper rollers for printing. — Sept. 23. 



Metereologkai Obsen'atiovs marie at Clapton in Hackney, 

 from Sept, 24 to Oct. 23, 1 81 I. 



Sept. 24. — A clear morning was followed by alntn- 

 dance of cumuli floating alone m the wind ; this was the 

 onlv cloud which prevailed through the day : in the even- 

 ing lar2;e sheets of the cirrostrutus obscured the setting sun, 

 and were followed bv stronff west wind and frequent show- 

 ers through the night, with a falling barometer. 



Sept. 23. — Wind and rain from the west all day. The 

 mercury kept sinking till about four o'clock, when it began 

 to mount again, and continued rising all night. 



Stpt. 26. — Earlv the sky was clouded, with strong wind 

 from the west ; afterwards it cleared, when cirrostratus ap- 

 peared in a lower region whi'e cirri were abundant above: 

 in the afternoon followed n^mw/o^i/-a<M.9, the wind became 

 calmer, and in the evening showers came on. 



Sept. 27. — Cloudy morning, rainy day, and clear even- 

 ing with clouds at different altitudes : wind W. and N.W. 



Sept. 28. — A thick stratus, followed by gentle showers 

 anrl fair evening. 



Sept. 29. — An overca?t morning : soon several strata of 

 clouds appeared : when the dav cleared large petroid cumuli 

 and cnrmdnstrali were seen, among others small and Hoc- 

 cose, while in a region more lofty, light flimsy clouds 

 showed features of cirrus, cirrocuynulus , and cirrostratus : 

 large denser and wavy sheets passed over and threatened 

 rain, but the night became fair. 



Sept. 30. — Earlv the linear cirrus ranged soutli-east and 

 north west, and showed a tendency to cirrocumulas and 

 cirrostrafus ; presently c//!m«/?" curling inwards floated below 

 and inosculated, and gentle showers were the consequence. 



Oct. 1. — Small rain, then showers, in the mtervaU of 

 which light flimsy clouds were in a high and calmer re- 

 gion, while large cumuli, as yesterday, floated along in 

 llic westwind below. 



Oct. 2. — Thin stratus followed bv clear morning, after- 

 wards cumulostralus : about four o'clock drops of rain fell 



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