THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



1850.] 



At StniiThurst, fine metenrs were seen on Aue;ust 14,23. 26, and 29. 



At Highfielil House, near Nottingham, on July 4, at 9h 2fam. p.m., a 

 meteor, which increased in brlMiancy and size as it progressed, until, Irom 

 a mere point, it attained a size equal to three times the apparent diameter 

 of Jupiter, and nearly six times the brightness of that planet ; its colour 

 was pale hlue, and it fell nearly perpendicular downwards, 'm-'limng very 

 slightly towards the E. ; it passed from halfway between \ and e Antinous 

 fadinK away 2° to the east of a Capricorni, and on the same level with that 

 star. Its motion was slow, duiation 2s.; at first was unaccompanied by 

 sparks ; fiiiallv it suddenly separated, and almost instantly yamshed. 



On July 9th, at lOh. p.m., a meteor was seen of twice the size of Jupiter, 

 and similar in colour ; it fell downwards from Coma Berenicies 



On August 1, at 10 p.m., a small meteor, with a train ol light, fell down- 

 wards from o Aquilae. . , ,. 



On August 3, at lOh 55ra. p.m., a meteor, equal in size to a star of the 

 fifth magnitude, fell rapidly from a Corona BoreaUs to i Bootes; its dura- 

 tion was Ods, and it became extinct instantly. 



On August G, at luh. p.m., three small meteors were seen ; another 

 meteor was seen at lOh. 22m. p.m., which fell from < Pegasi to H Aquaru, 

 leaving a train of light for 20s. afterwards. , c u i „<. 



On August 8, at lOh. 20m. p.m., a meteor was seen by A. S H.Lowe, 

 Esq., which fell from . Urss Majoris; at Uh. lorn, p.m., a meteor fell from 



" Oa''August 9, at Uh. 15m. p.m., two meteors were seen, one being in the 



^"on\„gust 12, at lOh. 32m. p.m., E. J. Lowe, Esq., saw a meteor, which 

 moved horizontally, and increased in brilliancy from being equal to a star of 

 the fifth to one of the second magnitude ; its colour was blue, and dura- 

 tion 0-2s. ; its path was from 24 Camelopardalis toward. A Draconis. 



On August 12, at lOh. 33m., a meteor passed from t Cassiopeis towards 

 e Ursie Majoris, and was equal in size to a star of the third magnitude ; its 

 colour «as blue, and its duration 0-5s. 



On the same night, at Uh. 9m., a meteor fell from between 5, 7, and A 

 Pegasi perpendicularly down to within 20° of the horizon when t went 

 behind acloud,andfrora one totwo seconds after, a flash, resembling lightning, 

 and quite as vivid, proceeded from behind the cloud, '"''""'f '""f 'f.^'y 

 by a second flash; the meteor itself was about 12' in diameter, was globu- 

 lir in form, and yellow in colour; it moved very slowly; this meteor was 

 followed by a train of light. .;„,„. 



On August 14, at 8h. 4bm. p.m., a meteor was seen four or five times 

 larger than Jupiter; it was a pale straw colour, very globular in form, with 

 a rfd-defiued disc, no train of light visible ; it fell between K Bootes a id 

 „ Ursa; Majoris perpendicularly downwards ; it passed 3 or 4° north ot the 

 large group of stars in Coma Berenicies ; its duration was 2s. 



On August 14, at 9h. 48m. p.m., a small meteor moved from Zi Came- 

 lopardalis to Ursse Majoris ; its colour was blue, and duration 0-5s. 



On the same night, at 9h. 49m. p.m., a meteor fell perpendicularly down 

 from a Cassiopeia ; it was about the size of a star of the third magnitude, 

 and of a blue colour. „ , ■ , u , » 



On August 22, at lOh. p.m., a meteor fell from € Cephei through \ Aii- 



dromedse. , , ^, ■ ^ «/ 



On August 22, at lOh. 24m. p.m., a meteor was seen about the size ot 

 Arcturus, and of a yellow colour ; it fell perpendicularly down, inclining to 

 the north from 5° below y Bootes. , .u .u- j 



On August 29, at 9h. 59m. 359., a meteor of the size of a star of the third 

 magnitude was seen ; it was blue in colour, and moved very rapidly ; it 

 nassed from i) Bootes to Arcturus ; its duration was 0-5s. 



On August 29, at lOh. Im. p.m., a meteor of the size of a star of the 

 second magnitude was seen ; its colour was red ; it left a train of red 

 sparks, and moved rapidly from 7 Trianguli to Saturn. 



On August 29th, at lOh. 4m. p.m., a meteor was seen of an orange 

 scarlet colour; it moved slowly from e Persei to near 21 Pegasi in a hori- 

 zontal direction ; its duration was 2s. ; when first seen it was equal to a star 

 of the fifth magnitude, but gradually increased in diameter as it progressed 

 until it became three times as large as Saturn ; there was no large ball of 

 light ; it disappeared suddenly. 



On the same night, at lOh. 7m. p.m., a meteor was seen, which moved 



rather slowly ; was of a blue colour, with a slight tail ; duration Is. ; in size 



superior to a star of the second magnitude. 



On September 1, at 9h. 5m., a meteor was seenin the zemth. 



On September 2, at lib. 13m., a meteor was seen passing rapidly from 



On "he same night, at Uh. 16m., a similar one from e Aquarii to $ Capri- 



*^°0n the same night, at Uh. 19m., a meteor passed from Aldebaran to 

 Ophiuchi. ., ,,. . . ,, 



Again, on the same night, at lOh. 20m., from r, Ursa; Minoris to € Ursa; 

 Maj'iris; duration Is.; colour yellow. 



On September 28. at lOh. 45m., p.m.. a meteor which moved from s.s.E. 

 to S.W., at an elevation of45^ leaving a long train of light behind, was seen. 



frost —The first frost was seen on August 22nd, at Uckfield, when wheat 

 and barley sheaves were frozen into a stiff mat; and Mr. Prince saw ice as 

 thick as a wafer upon his cucumber frames. On September 5tli there was a 

 sharp frost at Hartwell House ; and at Trowbridge, September ;th and 8lh. 



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Solar halos were seen on July 6th at Uckfield ; on the lOth near Oxford 

 and Nottingham. On August 3rd at Dunino ; on the 7th at Greenwich ; on 

 the 20th at Dunino ; on the 28lh at Uckfield ; and on the 29th »' Exeter 

 and Nottingham. On September 12th at Guernsey; and on the 2Jth at 

 Dunino. 



Limir halos were seen on July 22nd at Stone, Nottingham, and Norwich. 

 On August 21st at Uckfield and Nottingham; on the 22nd at Uckfield, 

 Oxford, Cardington, and Nottingham ; on the 23rd at Uckfield and Not- 

 tingham ; on the 24th at Hawarden ; on the 26th at Stonyhurst ; and on 

 the 31st at Durham. On September 18th at Jersey, Guernsey, Oxford, 

 and Hawarden ; on the 21st at Oxford, Hartwell Rectory, Cardington, btone, 

 and Durham ; on the 22nd at Oxford, Hartwell Rectory, Cardington, Nor- 

 wich, and Stone ; on the 24th at Oxford; on the 25th at Cardington ; and 

 on the 26th at Durham. 



Lunar Corona were seen at Hartwell Rectory on August 14th and 16th. 



Lunar Nainbous were seen on August 20th at Exeter ; on August 22nd, 

 at 10h.40m. p.m., at Battersea Bridge, London, as seen by the Rev. Charles 

 Lowndes. 



/■on, on July 11th at Stone; on the 12th at Slone and Hartwell. On 

 September Uth at Greenwich ; on the 12th at Stone, Hartwell House, and 

 Trowliridge ; on the Uth at Stone, Hartwell, and Trowbridge ; on the loth 

 at Hartwell and Trowbridge; on the 18th at Trowbridge; on the 19th at 

 Hartwell and Trowbridge; on the 24th at Stone and Hartwell ; and on the 

 25th at Stone, Hartwell Rectory, and Greenwich. 

 Remarkaile Rain. 



At Guernsey, on August 8th, rain to the depth of 1-333 inch fell in 16 

 hours ; and on September 28th upwards of one inch of rain fell within 1- 



houis. .. , no • u r 11 f 



At Falmouth, on September 24th, rain to the depth of 1-93 inch fell, ot 

 which 8 inch fell in little more than half an hour. 



At Exeter, from August 25th to September 19th, no rain fell, and the 

 weather was clear, warm, and fine, for several days— the sky was cloudless: 

 the average reading of the barometer was about 30-25 inches. 



The amount of rain which fell during the thunder storm on September 

 20th was 1-95 inch, which is the amount by which the rain in the month 

 exceeded the average, the former being 4-33 inches, and the latter 2-39 

 inches, or rather more than one-half. 



At Uckfield, on July 17th, the depth of rain which fell withm an hour 

 was 1-sl inch, which is an almost unprecedented amount to have fallen 

 in so short a time in the south of England. Much heavy rain fell during 

 the last week of September, which was very beneficial to the autumn crops. 

 At Southampton no rain fell till the 21st of September, and on Septem- 

 ber 27th it fell to the depth of 1-13 inch. , ,„• ,0 

 At Aylesbury, on July loth, rain to the depth of 0-75 inch fell m 4^ 

 minutes. No rain fell from the 27th of August to the 20th September, and 

 much inconvenience is still felt from the short supply of water. 



At Derby, the amount of rain which has fallen in the nine months of this 

 year is 15-6 inches ; the average is 22-4 inches. 



At Norwich, on Julv 26ih, rain fell to the depth of MS inch. 



At Holkham, on Juiv ICth, rain fell to the depth of 1-29 inch in 5j hours. 



At York, on August 8tb, rain to the depth of 0-74 inch fell within two 



hours. No appreciable quantity of rain fell in York between the 28th ot 



August and the 20th of September. „ - , • . j 



At Stonyhurst, on August 5th, rain fell to the depth of 0-784 inch ; and 



on August 7th to the depth of 0-858 inch. , , , .no 



At North Shields, on July 25th and 26th, rain fell to the depth of 1'4»2 



inch. The month of September was remarkably fine and dry tjll the 



20th; on that day there was a heavy fall of rain, amounting to 0-/6 inch 



in five or six hours. 



The following observations of natural phenomena were taken at High- 

 field House, near Nottingham (being nearly the centre of England) by E. J. 

 Lowe, Esq., F.R.A.S. 



July 



1. Tulip tree in full flower. 

 4. Cherries ripe. 

 . . 7. Enolhera mecrocarpa just in 

 aower; blackcurrants ripe 1 red 

 currants scarcely ripe j wbite 

 currants scarcely ripe 

 .. 17. Lime tree in full flower; straw, 

 berries, excepting the late varie- 

 ties (as Co.t's scarlet, British 

 Queen), going over; raspberries, 

 many ripe 

 22. Field of turnip seed cut; field of 



pease cut 

 2S Strawberries nearly over; picotees 

 in lull flower ; carnations just in 

 flower; hollyhocks coining into 

 flower 

 Field of wheat sheared at Lenton 

 Otits cut at Beestou 

 Ojts cut near Nollinghani ; wheat 



Aug. I. 



Aug. U. Apricots ripe 



.. 12. Pears {Green Chisel) ripe; apples 



Jiioeaton) ripe 

 .. 13. Some oats led away ; some wheat 



led away 

 ..21. Gooseberries over; currants over 

 .. 2-2. Frost injured half hardy plants 

 .. '26. Mountain ash-berries quite ripe; 



corn nearly all harvested 

 Sept. 1. Blackberries ripe 



.. 5. Peaches ripe; apple (Keswick) 



nearly ripe ; wall plums nearly 



ripe 

 6 and 7. Few wasps about ; they are very 



scarce this year 

 .. 17. Nectarines ripe; plums (Victoria) 



ripe ; (Emperor) ripe ; dahlias 



in full glory of bloom; autumn 



roses in bloom 

 .. 19. plums idamsou) ripe 



ut at Beeston 



tains the mean quarterly values of the several 



The following table con 

 subjects of investigation.* 



"^^^eThe Quarterly Report of the Registrar-General for the monthly values at all the 

 Stations. 



48* 



