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Meteorological Obfervations at Caen In Normandy, 
1768. 
Months 
Days 
Barometer 
Inches 
Mean 
The. 
Mean 
. Remarks 
September 
14 
12 
Greateft height 
Leaft ditto 
30.03 
29>45 
29 74 
i 
Thefe obfen'ations from the 7th to 
the 15th onlj. Wind unfettled. 12th, 
fome thunder in the mon.ing j the 
other days wind, clouds or rain. 
H 
8 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
65,0 
60,5 
62,7 + 
October 
' 
- 
Oflober 30th, betwixt 12 h, 'and 
13 h. at Harcourt, about 5 leagues 
S, W. of Caen, feveral gentlemen 
faw a ball of fire of a whitiih colour, 
apparently of about a foot diameter, 
which cart a great light in the room, 
though the curtains were drawn, and 
there was a great fire and feveral wax 
lights in it : its diredlion from N. to 
S. It fell with great velocity, and 
feemingly about 30 or 40 yards from 
the room, without any explofion. I 
had juft left the apartment, but was 
immediately informed of it ; about 
3 hours after, there was a violent 
hurricane of wind, hail and rain. 
November 
19 
23 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
^0,22 
28,60 
29,41 
Barometer at noon the 21ft 29,43 
ditto — — 22d 28,46 
fell in 24 hours 0,97 
2zd, continued rain j at lo^P. M. 
fmart fla/hes of lightning with thun- 
der. Wind varying this month and 
the weather cloudy, rainy and windy j 
15th leaves begin to fall. 
'5 30 
23 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
0^ 0^ 1 
4 - 4 - 1 
_ 4 '_i 
49,0 
December 
12 
2 
Greateft ditto 
Leeft ditto 
30,40 
29,14 
1 
29,77 
i 
1 
Wind chiefly in the Southern points, 
ad ftorm of wind and rain ; 14th 
hard froft. The weather this moniii 
unfettkd. 
I 
^5 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
|S2,0 
3^,0 
42,0 
3 
MctC' 
