December 1827 



No. 12. 



Published the First Day of every Month. — Price 2s. Qd. 



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THE 



i PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



AND 



ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY: 



COMPREHENDING 



THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE. THE LIBERAL 



AND FINE ARTS, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, 



AND COMMERCE. 



NEW SERIES. 



N» 12.— DECEMBER 1827. 



WITH A PLATE, 

 Illustrative of Mr. John Taylor's Rain-gauge. 



BY 



RICHARD TAYLOR, F.S.A. F.L.S. M. Astr. S. &c. 



AND 



RICHARD PHILLIPS, F.R.S. L. & E. F.L.S. &c. 





iLonUon : 



PRINTED BY AND POa HICHARD TAYtOR, RED LION COURT, lI.EEX STREtT 



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