^ 0^7) 
Ter^^n^th^l^^o^ !^ Sumnierto be higher ui the co!d 
frme Med Air ^ Mornings and evenings, then in the warmer 
: ' Midday. 
^. Generally in fetled and fair weather both of Winter and 
Snrnraer^the Mercury is higher^ than a \\it\c before er afcer^ox m 
Rainy weather. . - 
7. Agaiog generally it defceoded lower after Rain, than it 
was betore Rain, 
8. Generally alfo it falls in great winds; and fomewhat k 
feem'd to fink, when I open'd a wide door to it, to let m ftor- 
my winds; yet I have found ic to continue 
^E^fteTn^^W ^^^^^ ^^^'^^ ^ '^^'^ ftormy wind of 3. or 4.. 
-a em ww^s, dales. 
9. Again, generally it is higher ia an Eafl and N^r^A^wind. 
( Cieteris fanbus ) than in a South ^LudWefi-wmA, 
10. I tryed feveral times, by ftrong fames and thick fmoaks 
to alter the Air in my Clofet • but 1 cannot affirm, that the 
Mercury yielded any more, then might be expected from 
fome increafe of heat. Such as have exad: WbeeLBarQmeters^ 
may try whether Odors or Fames do alleviate the Air. 
11. In this Clofet I have not in all this time found the eK- 
tf earaeft changes of the Quickfilver to amount to more, than 
to %% or to 2|i inches^ at moft, 
12. Very often I have found great changes io the Aifa 
without any perceptible change m the Barmeter ^ as in the 
dewy nights, when the moifturc defceiids ie agreat qoaiiticyj 
and the thickncft fometimes ftems to hide chs Stars trom us : 
Inthcdaysforegeiiigandfollowiag, the Vapors hm^ been 
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