71 
Ordinary Meeting, March 4th, 1873. 
J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.P.S., &c., President, in the 
Chair. 
Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., was elected an Ordinary 
Member of the Society. 
T. T. Wilkinson, F.P.A.S., communicated the following 
“ Monthly Fall of Pain, according to the North Pain Gauge 
at Swinden, as measured by Mr. James Emmett, Waterworks 
Manager, Burnley, from January 1st, 1866, to December 
31st, 1872" : — 
1866 
1867 
1868 
1869 
1870 
1871 
1872 
January 
5T7 
3-12 
4-08 
512 
3T9 
1-17 
4-77 
February 
3-65 
4-45 
3-74 
6-75 
0-78 
2-26 
3-16 
March 
2-24 
1-48 
4-55 
0-80 
1-70 
0-99 
3-92 
April 
0-99 
4-75 
2-23 
2-00 
1-33 
2-25 
4-29 
May 
1*28 
2-75 
1-50 
3-03 
1-54 
1-30 
2-95 
June 
4'25 
1-75 
0-45 
1-19 
3-62 
2-38 
6-60 
July 
5-59 
4-92 
0-C8 
1-52 
1-31 
2-83 
3-40 
August 
7-60 
2-06 
4-34 
2-70 
0-58 
1-35 
4-05 
September 
12-07 
2-94 
2-72 
5-21 
0-96 
1-50 
6-75 
October 
2-71 
4-27 
5-33 
3-50 
7-08 
3-06 
5-88 
November 
6-86 
1-26 
2-27 
3-75 
2-64 
2-10 
6-58 
December 
5-88 
4-55 
io-oo 
4-70 
1-31 
1-85 
3-61 
Total in inches.. 
58-24 
38-30 
41-89 
40-27 
26-04 
23-04 
55-96 
Note. — The height of the Rain Gauge is about 750 feet above the level of 
the sea, and about 18 feet above the ground. 
Mr. Baxendell read the following communication from 
Mr. S. Broughton : — 
It appears there is some doubt as to the existence of ball 
discharge in thunderstorms. At the request of Mr. Baxen- 
dell I communicate an observation of such, seen during the 
approach of a storm, in 1854 or 1855, when walking from 
Altrincham to Timperley. 
Over the edge of a cloud near the east horizon a flash of 
lightning was seen, and a ball apparently the size of one 
from a Roman candle shot upwards through an arc of 20 or 
Proceedings — Lit, & Phil. Society. — Vol. XII. — No. 8 — Session 1872-3. 
