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Meteorology. 



To William Busk, of Broad-street, London, esquire, for 

 improvements in propelling boats and ships or other vessels 

 or floating bodies. — 18th of October. — 6 months. 



To James Viney, of Shanklen, in the Isle of Wight, colonel 

 of artillery, and George Pocock, of Bristol, gentleman, for 

 improvements in the construction of cars or other carriages, 

 and the application of a power hitherto unused for that pur- 

 pose to draw the same, which power is also applicable to the 

 drawing of ships and other vessels, and for raising weights 

 and for other useful purposes. — 18th of October. — 6 months. 



Meteorological Results from Observations made at Sandwich, in 

 Kent, July 1 7, 1 826. By W. H. Weekes, Esq.;* Surgeon. 



Lat. 51° 7' N. Long. 1° 18' E. ; seven feet above the level 

 of the sea. 



Time of 



Mean of 





*2 O f* 





Observa- 

 tion. 



three 

 Thermo- 

 meters. 





C s- O 



General Remarks. 



A.M. 6 



57° 



29-63 



41 



Clear blue sky $ breeze N.W. by W. 



7 



60 



29-65 



43 



Few detached cirri. 



8 



62 



29-70 



44 



Breeze N. by W. 



9 



65 



29-72 



42 



Cumulo-floccosus. 



10 



68 



29-76 



42 



Clouds increasing ; breeze E. 



11 



70 



29-77 



35 



Clear & clouds ; gentle breeze N. by W. 



Merid. 



73 



29-86 



29 



Ditto ditto ditto 



P.M. 1 



72 



29-87 



15 



Ditto ditto ditto 



2 



74 



29-84 



9 



Ditto ditto ditto 



3 



71 



29-00 



7 



Ditto ditto ditto 



4 



m 



29-00 



6 



Less cloudy 



5 



71 



29-00 



5 



Ditto 



6 



71 



29-00 



5 



Clear sky 



7 



69 



29-00 



17 



Ditto 



8 



63 



29-00 



38 



Cirri reappear 



8 h 58 m 



61 



29-00 



41 



Sun-set ; moon risen unclouded. 



Note. — All the philosophical instruments were placed in 

 the same situation out-of-doors, screened only from the direct 

 rays of solar heat and light, and five feet from the surface 

 of the earth. The effects of radiation were completely avoided, 

 and the thermometers suspended from rods of glass, by means 

 of silk threads, three feet in length. 



* These observations were made in consequence of the wish for contem- 

 poraneous meteorological observation?, lately expressed by the Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh, which has also been complied with by Mr. Bevan : see 

 the present vol. p. 152. Register 



