72 
The great fall of November 15 and 16 was accompanied 
by the great flood of the Irwell, the Irk, and the Medlock. 
A fall of half an inch in this neighbourhood may be con- 
sidered excessive, and even the above table only gives 18 
days on which the rainfall reached this amount, during 
what may be regarded as a very wet year. Examination of 
the figures given by Mr. Curtis, in his paper printed 
in Yol. XY. of the 2nd Series of Memoirs of our Society, 
gives the following years in which the rainfall exceeded 40 
inches since 1794 : — 
Inches. 
I 
Inches. 
1823 
44-767 
i 1836.. 
45*551 
1824 
42*941 
1841... 
1828 
45-267 
1845 
41*415 
1830... 
40-861 
1847 
45*230 
1833 
41-677 
1852 
45*730 
In 1860, which was generally considered a very wet year 
the rainfall was only 36*530 inches, but fell upon 235 days, 
or 21 more than this year (1866), the principal difference 
being that in 1860 rain was continually falling, though often 
not much in amount, whereas this year rain has fallen on a 
large number of days, and often very heavily. 
“Results of Observations of Yariable Stars made at the 
Mannheim Observatory during the year 1866,” by Dr. E. 
Schonfeld, Director of the Observatory. Communicated 
by Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. 
The number preceding the name of each star in the 
following list is the ordinal number of the star in the 
Author’s “Catalog von veranderlichen Sternen mit Einschluss 
der neuen Sterne. Mit Noten.” 
6. S Gassiopece . — The last maximum occurred 1866, 
August 23. The period will be about 573 days. 
8. R Piscium . — The approaching maximum appears 
likely to occur considerably sooner than the elements 
require. 
