[ 4S« 3 
various both Theoretical and Practical, thereon, as 
often as any thing new or uncommon occur’d. 
As a Specimen of the Work, I beg Leave to ex- 
hibit fome few of his Obfervations, both Philofc- 
phical and Medical, for each refpe&ive Year. 
1728. 
July 2. at 11 at Night, no Windftirring, our Au- 
thor obferved a very confiderable Aurora Borealis , 
whofe Beams fhot upward, and terminated in a bright 
Canopy about eight or ten Degrees to the South of 
the Zenith; with its Centre about the fame Diftance 
to the Eaft of the Meridian. It was attended with a 
very plentiful Dew. 
July 22. at 9. p. m. The Wind at North, with 
one Degree of Force; there was a fmall but uncom- 
mon Aurora Borealis , whofe pyramidal Rays darted 
in an inverted Order ; for their Points tended to the 
Centre, and ran below the Horizon at North. 
The whole Quantity of Rain collected this Year, 
Inches. Decimals. 
was 3 <>• 3 64. 
Inches. DecL 
Of which fell in January, the wetted: Month, 6. 108. 
in September , the dryeft, i. 52 6 . 
The higheft Station of the Barometer was 
Inches. 
30. 3. on Feb. 2. and "Dec . 15. 
lowed 28. 5 . on Jan . 1 8 . and Sept . 24. 
In his general Obfervations. on this Year, among 
other things, he ohferves, that the higheft Tides 
generally happen’d when the Barometer was loweft : 
And he thinks, their Caufe, in part at lead, may be 
attributed to the Air being lighter on our Seas than 
K k k 2 on 
