658 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [^ANNO 1723. 



was impossible to disengage it without tearing the substance of the kidney to 

 pieces. The largest of the branches insinuated itself into the head of the 

 ureter, which it fitted like a stopple to a bottle. This patient was a poor man of 

 an athletic habit of body. Before this attack he had enjoyed good health, except 

 that during the last few years he had now and then voided some gravel. 



j4n Account of the Depth of Rain fallen from April 1, 1722, to April 1, 1723. 



Observed at Widdrington in Northumberland. By the Rev. Mr, Horsley. 



N° 377, P- 328. 



I have kept an exact account of what rain has fallen the last year in this 

 place. Weighing the water, and reducing it from weight to depth, seemed 

 pretty troublesome, even when done in the easiest method : to remedy this in- 

 convenience, besides a funnel and proper receptacle for the rain, I use a cylin- 

 drical measure and gauge. The funnel is 30 inches diameter, and the cylindri- 

 cal measure exactly 3 inches; the depth of the measure is 10 inches, and the 

 gauge of the same length, with each inch divided into 10 equal parts ; or, in- 

 stead of a gauge, the inches and divisions may be marked on the side of the 

 cylindrical measure. The apparatus is simple and plain, and it is easy to ap- 

 prehend the design and reason of the contrivance ; for the diameter of the 

 cylindrical measure being just -^ of that of the funnel, and the measure exactly 

 10 inches deep, it is plain that 10 measures of rain make an inch in depth; one 

 measure, -poVy ; o"^ inch on the gauge, -^^ and -^, of an inch on the gauge, 

 ■y^^si &c. By this means the depth of any particular quantity which falls may 

 be set down with ease and exactness, and the whole at the end of each month, 

 or every year, may be summed up without any trouble. 



An Account of the Depth of Rain fallen from April 1, 1722, to April 1, 1723. 



Inches. 



In April 1 .015 



In May 3.532 



In June 2.570 



In July 4.350 



M. In August 2.132 



In September 1.155 



In October 600 



In November 2.205 



In December 1-780 



In January ' 1 .225 



In February 485 



In March 195 



In the whole year 21.244 



