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SCIENTIFIC NEWS, 



Meteorological Talk for 1812. Extracted from the Register kepe 

 at Kinfauns Castle, the residence of Lord Gray, three miles 

 almost due East from Perth, N. Britain, about ninety feet 

 above the level of the ray. — Lat. 56° 24'. 



Communicated by his Lordship. 





Morning, 8 o'clock.! 

 Mean height of. 



Evening, 10 o'clock. 

 Meun height of 



Depth 



No. of days. | 



1812, 

 January. 



of Rain 



Kain 

 or 



snow. 



1 



Barom. 



Ther. 



Barom. 

 29-94 



Ther. 



In : 100 



29-92 



30-60 



3070 



•72 



7 



24 



February. 



29-64. 



37-55 



29-67 



3731 



216 



17 



12 



March. 



2996 



33-46 



2999 



33-30 



•86 



17 



14 



April. 



3009 



38-40 



30-11 



36-71 



1.38 



8 



22 



May. 



3002 



48-20 



30 02 



45-45 



1-41 



17 



14 



June. 



3001 



5417 



3002 



52 00 



2-89 



J2 



18 



July. 



3004 



55-22 



3005 



52-97 



2-56 



15 



16 



August. 



3009 



5510 



30-19 



53-16 



2-38 



11 



20 



September. 



3003 



5200 



3003 



4900 



1-06 



6 



24 



October. 



29-47 



45-00 



2950 



4510 



318 



16 



15 



November. 



2989 



3776 



29-91 



38-10 



3-50 



14 



16 



December. 



3009 



3400 



30 14 



35 00 



■65 



9 



22 

 217 



Average of 



29-937 



43-43 



29-953 



42-40 



2275 



149 



the year 



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In the course of the present month, will be published, in 

 one volume octavo, a Treatise on the Motion of Rockets, to- 

 gether with the Theory and Practice of Naval Gunnery j by 

 W. Moore^ of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. 



