Meteorology. 77 



Meteorological Journal kept at IVallhamstoiu, Essex, from 

 December 15^ 1817, to January 15, ISIS. 



[Usually between the Hours of Seven and Nine A.M. and the Thermometer 

 (a second time) between JSWn and Two P.M.] 



Date. Therm. Barom. Wind. 

 December 



15 38 29*54 W — SW. — Fine clear star-light morning; fine 

 43 sunny clay ; showers ; a dark night. Moon 



first quarter. 

 SE. — Clear, and cirrostratus ; rain, and very 



damp, dark, and rainy. 

 SW — W — SW. — Clear, high ; cirrostratus 



low; very fine day; rain and wind. 

 SW. — Clear, and c/?7-05/?a;w5, and wind; very 



fine day; moon and star-light. 

 SW — W. — Rain early; very fine day; showers 



after 3 P.M.; wind and showers. 

 N. — Clear, and cirrostratus ; very fine day; 



cloudy, and windy. 

 NE. — Clear, and cirrostratus-, hazy; fine 



cold gray day; night cloudy. 

 NE.-— Cumuli, and clear; fine sunny day; 



cloudy, but light. 

 NE. — Cloudy; very fine day; ciivmlus, stars 



and moon. Full moon. 

 N. — Gray, and white frost; very fine day; 



clear, and cumuli. 

 N. — Grav morn; very fine sunny day ; cumuli^ 



and clear night. 

 N. — Clear; moon and stars at 7 A.M. ; very 



fine day; moon and star-light. 

 SW. — Slight rain ; very fine sunny day; rain 



and wind. 

 NW — N. — Clear morn; fine day; very cold; 



clear and cirrtis ; star-light. 

 NW — N. — Clear, and windy; very fine day; 



dark and windy. 

 SW. — Clear, and cJiimdi; rain till after 3 



P.M. ; stars, and mist. 

 NW — SE. — Morn clear, moon-light, and 



white frost ; very fine till after 2 P.M. ; 



then thick stratus, — so thick that people 



lost their way, but it decreased after 4 P.M.; 



dark night, and thin stratus. Moon last 



quarter. 



January 



