on different Days of the Moon. 



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From this table it appears, that, if a comparison be 

 made between the quantity of water collected at the 

 New Moon, the Full, and the Quarters, the least por- 

 tion has fallen at the New Moon ; and the greatest at the 

 Quarters. The exact proportion will vary a little, ac- 

 cording as the comparison is made between one, two, 

 three, or more days, at each of these periods. If, in 

 each lunation, only one day be taken at the New Moon, 

 one at the Full, and one at the Quarters, the numbers 

 will be 4.83, 6.52, 7.02. But if the average of several 

 days be taken, they will stand as in the follow^ing table. 



To derive any established principle from results of this 

 kind, it is necessary that the observations should be con- 

 tinued for a great length of time. Till there is opportu- 

 nity for this to be done, the above may possibly serve 

 as hints towards a mpre thorough investigation of the 

 subject. With this viqw they are submitted. 



