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V. Jn Account of, the Depth of ^in fallen from 
April 1, 1711, fo April 1, 1723. ObferVed 
at Widdrington in Northumberland, and 
communicated to the Dubltfher by the (J(eVerend 
Mr: Horsley. 
I Have kept an exad Account of what Rain has fal- 
len the laft Year in this Place, which I have here 
lent you. The weighing the VYater and reducing it 
from Weight to Depth feem’d pretty troublefome, even 
when done in the eafieft Method: To remedy this In-^ 
convenience (befides a Funnel and proper Receptacle 
for the Rain) I ufe a cylindrical Meafure and Gage. 
The Funnel is go Inches diameter, and the cylindrical 
Meafure exadly , the Depth of the Meafure is 10 
Inches, and the Gage of the fame Length, with each 
Inch divided into 10 equal Parts ^ or, inftead of a 
Gage, the Inches and Divihons may be mark’d on the' 
Side of the cylindrical Meafure, The Apparatus is 
(imple and plain, and it is eafy to apprehend the De- 
lign and Reafon of the Contrivance for the Diameter 
of the cylindrical Meafure being juft ~ of that of the 
Funnel, and the Meafure exadly 10 Inches deep, ’tis 
plain that 10 Meafures of Ram make an Inch in 
Depth 1 one Meafure, —1 one Inch on the Gage, 
10 ° 100 
and — of an Inch on the Gage, — By this 
Means the Depth of any particular Quantity which 
falls, may be let down with Eale and Exaftnefs, and 
the 
