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Journal of the Weather at Hastings. 



Sept. 6. Near the windmill on the ^ 



top of Fairlight Down 29'44 I Temperature 

 Reading before going out 30-03 | about 65. 

 Reading return home ... 30*07^ 



On the 8th of September the instrument was again 

 suspended in its usual place at Greenwich, and it was 

 found that the zero point had remained perfectly 

 steady*. 



In consulting the above journal, we find that the 

 movements of the Aneroid were always consistent. It 

 was a delightful companion, and highly useful, its indi- 

 cations preventing many an excursion which would have 

 ended in disappointment. The tourist should never 

 travel without it ; and the seaman will find it a safe 

 guide when the motion of the mercurial column renders 

 the marine barometer almost useless. In all cases the 



* Note. All the foregoing observations were made for amusement. 

 The beautiful action of the instrument, however, was an inducement 

 to offer them for publication to a literary journal ; but the subject not 

 being suited to their columns, they were not inserted. 



