Between when it was uncertain whether more of ttie Sky" 
was cover d or "clear. Cover d\v\im no fd^tt oi the clear, 
Sky appear'do Clofe when the Sky was covered with one 
tiniform thick Cloud. . 
I have often thought that if foch a Regifter as this, or 
one that vv'ere better. contrived, with the help of fome 
Inftruments that for exadnefs might be added.^ were kept 
in every County in England^ and fo conftantly pobliihedj 
many things relating to the Air,' Winds;, Health, Fruits 
fulnefi, might by a fagacious rnaii be colledted 
from them^ and feveral Rules and Obfervations concero- 
ing the extent of Winds and Rains^ &c. be in time 
-eftablifh'd, to the great advantage of , Mankind. Whe- 
ther you will think it worth the R.oyal Society's confi- 
deration and promotion, I leave it to yoiL From this 
folitary one there is little to be coUefted* The pains is 
fo little, thiit 1 iodulgd my Curicfity, when it coft me 
the writing not fo much as a line a day. For, though 
befides the ordinary^Obfcrvation, which i fet down com- 
monly every raorningj there feldom happened any Rain, 
'Snow, or other remarkable change, which I did not fet 
down. But as you fee, a few Letters and Figures do it ^ 
fuch as 5t is f fend it you, and if it may be oi ufe to any 
one I (hail be glad. 
N.B* That the Therraofcope mark'd 4, which ! made 
ufe of till Mar, j. 1701. was one of thofe fold by Mr Tom* 
fion^ wherein o mark'd Temperate, and the Figaresfrom 
thence increafing both upwards and do nv^ards, (he w*d 
the increafe of Beat ?: nd Cold from Temperate. &ept, 22. 
1701. Tbegan to ufe a new fealed Thermofcope, adjafted 
to a Scale made by Mr Jokr^ Patr/ckin tht Old Batly, who 
places oat the top, foppofing it to be the Heat under the 
line^ and fo the Figures mc^eafe downwards, wiih the 
increafe of C:)M« T emperate being placed at 45. This 
Thermofcope is rnarked 5 in my Regifter. 
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