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and Inftruments he made life of in his Obferva- 
cions; 
His Method of obferving the Weather, is that pub- 
lifh/d by Dr. Jurin> Bhil. Tranf. 379. 
His Inftruments, a Barometer with a pretty large 
Tube, and a very wide Bowl, fill'd with Quickfilver 
well purged by Dift-iliation. And this Barometer, to 
June 1733, flood about forty-fix Feet above the Level 
of the Sea at Low Water 5 but after that Time at 
thirty Feet only above the faid Level. 
A Thermometer made by Mr. Hauksbee. 
The chief of his Hygrofcopes was made after that 
of Mr. Molyneux , in Bhil Tranf.N 0 172. 
A round Funnel for collecting the Rain, 25 Inches 
in Diameter, and placed fo as to be equally expofed 
to all Winds. 
And he clofes the Trolegomena with an Account 
of the Situation of Plymouth 5 and with earneftly 
expreffing his Defire of a general accurate Hiftory of 
the Atmofphere, towards which he contributes this 
his Mite. 
In the Body of this ufeful Treatife, the ingenious 
Author gives for every feparate Month curious Abf- 
tra&s of his Meteorological Diary, viz, The Quan- 
tities of Rain for the refpe&ive Days j the Days on 
which there fell Hail, Snow, &c. The Aurora Bo - 
reales , and other like -Meteors: The Winds, with 
their Degrees of Force: The confiderable Tides : The 
higheft and loweft Stations of the Barometer and Ther- 
mometer: The \y arm eft and coldeft Days, with the 
middle Temper of the Air. To thefe he fubjoins the 
reigning or moft epidemic Difeafes, and their Me- 
thods of Cure 5 with excellent medicinal Obler- 
vations 
