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PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SECTION. 
Annual Meeting, March 24th, 1868. 
E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., Vice-President of the Section 
in the Chair. 
The following Gentlemen were elected Officers of the 
Section for the ensuing year : — 
'Prcsitfcnt. 
ROBERT WORTHINGTON, F.R.A.S. 
Utce=l]3rcstt>cnts. 
E. W. BINNEY, F.R.S., F.G.S. 
JOSEPH BAXENDELL, F.R.A.S. 
^rcasuur. 
MR. THOMAS CARRICK. 
Sfetretarp. 
Gk Y. YERNON, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
“Results of Rain-Gauge and Anemometer Observations 
made at Eccles, near Manchester, during the year 1867,” by 
Thomas Maceereth, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
The following amounts of rainfall are obtained from two 
gauges 3 feet from the ground, and one gauge 34 feet from 
the ground. One of the gauges 3 feet from the ground has 
a round receiver lOin. in diameter, the other has a 5in. 
square receiver; the edges of both are turned inward. 
These two gauges stand close to each other on the same 
plane, 75 feet from my house, and free from every obstruc- 
tion. The other gauge is a 5in. square one like the one 
near the ground. It is 4 feet above the ridge of my house, 
and free from every obstruction. First I represent the 
rainfall for 1867, as measured by the lOin. gauge 3 feet 
above the ground and 145 feet above the sea. This I have 
compared with the average fall for 7 years at Eccles, 
