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ponding with these phases, but in an inverse order : thus the 

 number of days of new moon on which it has rained, is less 

 than the rainy days of the full moon, and the mean height 

 of the barometer on the days of conjunction is greater than 

 that of the days of opposition ; in like manner the rainy days 

 of the first quarter greatly exceed those of the last quarter, 

 and the barometer heights are also inversely correspondent ; 

 lastly the wet days of the perigee are much greater than 

 those of the apogee, and the barometer follows a corres- 

 pondent change. 



We may therefore conclude that the diminution of the 

 pressure of the atmosphere caused by the attraction of the 

 moon, ought to be reckoned among the causes which deter- 

 mine the fall of rain. — Viviers, 19 Novem. 1827. — Bib. Univ. 

 Dec. 1827. 



19. Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, held at Zurich 

 on the 20th, 21s^ and 22d of August, 1827. — M. Debur, of 

 Geneva, furnished a table of meteorological observations of 

 his father, exhibiting the years remarkable for heat from 

 1768 to 1800. 



1780. The vmtage took place at the end of September, 

 and the wine was of a superior quality. 



1781. Wine of same superior quality. 



1791. The harvests all suffered by drought, except that of 

 the wine. 



1800. The grass withered on the mountains. 



