Barometric Observations. 465 
Thermom. 
Clock. |p oyom.| in ; out | Wind. Weather. 
A.M. doors doors 
85)29-563 | 51-5 | 44-0|S.W. byS./Calm: clear in the west and zenith. 
9 |29-597 | 50:4 | 43-7 |S.E. by S.|Gentle breezes: clear, except a few 
thin high clouds. 
10 [29-599 | 50:3 | 45°8 8. |Ditto. 
1] |29-616 | 50:7 49 0| S. by W.|Strong breezes: fine and clear bright 
sunshine. 
12 |29:648 | 51.2 | 50-0] S. by W.JA brisk wind at intervals: clear, ex- 
cept a few clouds. 
P.M.1 |29:653 | 51-6 | 5-13)S.W.by S./Rather windy: sky almost covered 
over with clouds. 
Observations by Dr. Burney, of Gosport; the basin of his 
Barometer being 50 feet above low-water mark. 
Hour. Barom. phen Bp Wind. State of the Weather. 
a2) a )S | porter Gy: ade aily 
1821. A.M. |Inches.| o 0  CBartions of nimbi sailing to the 
Dec. 10. 85 | 30-12 |52 53189 Ss. northward with a fresh breeze, 
ens an overcast sky. 
Do. Do. with a mix- 
Te of clouds to the southward, 
followed by a light shower of 
rain. 
The lower stratum of cloud break- 
ing away, above which lofty beds 
of cirrostratus appeared. 
: § Gleams of sunshine through the 
IT | 30-10 |64)55)85) | 8. t apertures of the passing dinate; 
5 Sunshine with lofty cirrocumulus, 
84) S. and the lower clouds dispersing, 
Q by a brisk wind. 
83 § The clouds to the southward in- 
| U creasing. 
Gosport, Dec. 19, 1821. 
Sir,—lI herewith send you descriptions of an Anthelion, a Me- 
teor, and small Halos, or rings of colours around candles, that I 
have recently seen here. 
Anthelion. An Anthelion of several colours appeared in the 
forenoon of the 26th ultimo, for two minutes only, in a narrow 
cirrocumulative cloud that was passing slowly to the eastward, 
It was about 125° distant from, opposite to, and of the same 
altitude as the real Sun, and 2-3rds of a degree in diameter. It 
certainly was different, both in colour and distance, from any I 
have hitherto seen; as it had much the appearance of a beau- 
tifully coloured parhelion rather irregular in shape, the prismatic 
colours not having exhibited a circular form. The anthelia that 
I have formerly seen have been formed on the surfaces of dense 
cumuli and cumulostrati, and appeared like the Sun’s disc 
Vol. 58. No, 284, Dec. 1821. 3.N through 
9 | 30°13 |53)54/88) S. 
10 | 30-12 |53)55)86 
wn 
12 | 30:09 |54/56 
1 | 30:08 |55/55 
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