w * ter and Summer to be higher m the cold 
fom?LdMAW % Mornings and Evenings, then in the warmer 
Mid-day. 
€. Generally in fetled and fair weather both of Winter and 
Summer^the Mercury is higher, than a little before or after in 
Rainy weather. 
7. Again, generally it defcended lower after Rain, than it 
was before Rain. 
S. Generally alfo it falls in great winds ; and fomewhat it 
feem’d to fink, when I open’d a wide door to it, to let in flor- 
in y winds j yet I have found it to continue 
EafterT vei T * n a l° n S ft orm y wind 3 • or 4- 
r y mn s. ^aies. 
9. Again, generally it is higher in an Eafl and North-wind* 
( Cceteris paribus ) than in a South and Weft- wind. 
10. I tryed feveral times, by ftrong fumes 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 exadfc Wheel-Barometers 3 
may try whether Odors or Fumes do alleviate the Air. 
1 1 . In this Clofet I have not in all this time found the ex- 
treameft changes of the Quickfilver to amount to more, than 
to 2$, or to 2f , inches, at mol, 
12. Very often I have found great changes in the Air s 
without any perceptible change in the Barometer 5 as in the 
dewy nights, when the moifture defcends in a great quantity, 
and the thicknefs fometimes feems to hide the Stars from us : 
In the days foregoing and following, the Vapors have been 
¥ 1 drawn 
