109 
westerly wind. The strongest wind with rain is the west 
wind, and it is known that the strongest gales are from winds 
a little north of west. This shows, though the above table 
is framed from the observations of one year only, that the 
strongest winds are from nearly the same quarter, even when 
rain falls with them. 
The following table shows the average daily rainfall in 
each kind of gauge when the velocity of the wind has ranged 
between the number of miles indicated in the first column. 
Daily 
Movement of 
Wind. 
32 feet from ground. 
3 feet from ground. 
5in. square gauge 
with 
edge inclined 
outwards. 
5in. square gauge 
with 
edge inclined 
inwards. 
5in. square gauge 
with 
edge inclined 
inwards. 
10in, ordinary 
round gauge. 
0 to 50 miles 
■029 
•030 
•042 
•045 
50 to 100 
•103 
•105 
•no 
•114 
100 to 150 
•220 
•232 
•231 
•233 
150 to 200 
•108 
•118 
•122 
•124 
200 to 250 
•151 
•160 
•174 
•175 
250 to 300 
127 
•138 
•154 
•158 
Above 300 
•174 
•204 
•197 
•211 
The President remarked with reference to the difference 
between the two elevated gauges that a Glaisher’s gauge, 
with the rim inclined inwards, would register more than the 
true amount, as the spray from drops striking the rim on 
the windward side would be carried over into the gauge ; 
while, on the other hand, a gauge with a rim inclining out- 
wards would give less than the true amount, because the 
spray from drops falling on the rim on the lee side would be 
blown away and lost. 
Mr. Baxendell, F.R.A.S., read the following “ Note on 
the Variable Star S Coronse.” 
' This variable was discovered on the 5th of August, 1860, 
by Dr. Hencke, of Driesen, and a notice of it inserted in the 
Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 1281. So far, however, as 
I am aware, no account of any observations made since, has 
