LARGE FOSSILE CERITE. 3JJ 



REMARKS. 



On the 22d of January, the thermometer within two 

 miles of the town stood at 14°. — April 19th, snow had fall- 

 en to the depth of one foot. — May 2d. Snow fell this morn- 

 ing.— Aug. 6th. The rain that UU from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. 

 amounted to 1*72. Loud peals of thunder at noon, in- 

 creased at 4 P. M., when the lightning became extremely 

 vivid, the thunder tremendous, and the rain descending in 

 torrents, and continued to do so most part of the night.— 

 Dec. 17th. The barometer at 11 P.M. stood at 28-25. 

 The following are comparative observations on the fall of the 

 mercury : 



Barometer. 







Keswick. 



Kendal. 



London. 



Nottingham, 



Jan. 



1783 . . 



.. 28-35 ..■ 



..28-38 •• 



.• 28-89 • 



. 



Jan. 



1789 •• 



.. 28-09 •• 



. . 28-12 .. 



.. 28-58 . 



... , 



Dec, 



. 1809 •• 





.. — — .. 



.. . 



. . . 28-25 



N. B. The barometer is firmly fixed to a standard wall 

 over a staircase, on a level of 130 feet above the sea. The 

 pluviameter is placed in a garden, on an elevation of 140 

 feet above the level of the sea. 



XIIT. 

 Large Fossile Cerite^ found hy J. C. Delamethebie*. 



JL Have a gigantic fossile cerite, cerites glgas of Lamarck, Large fossil 

 which Mr. Maclure, of the Philosophical Society of Phila- nmrex. 

 delphia, and I found at Grignon, on a mineralogical tour 

 we made in the month of July. It is the largest known. 

 Its circumference near the mouth is two or three and twenty 

 inches [23| or 24| E.] or about 7| [S] in diameter. The 

 thickness of the lip is about 7 lines [6 E.]. its whole length 

 must have been about 30 inches [3i], but the piece 1 have is 

 broken, and not above 10 or 12 [10^ or 12|] inches long. 



* Journal de Physiqutf, vol, LXV, p. 411. 



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