Mr. Read’s Meteorological Journal 
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Wind. IBarom. 
Days. 
May 22 
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25 
26 
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29 
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June 1 
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E 
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SW 
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Inches. 
29*89 
29.90 
29-75 
29.68 
29.64 
29.63 
29.86 
29.72 
SW 
rher.! Sparks. Pof. |NegJ 
29.70 
29*57 
29.71 
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59 
60 
62 
61 
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61 
56 
58 
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poi. 
pof. 
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Serene weather. 
indicate the kind. 
O pof, 
ftrong pof. 
pof. 
poi. 
neg. 
neg. 
neg. 
Six o’clock A M 
| drizzling rain, 
53 flrong 
pof. 
Soon after a fog with 
by which the rod be 
\ came charged pofitively. 
A.M. 
A.M. Balls open three-tenths of an inch. 
But very weak. 
A very cloudy morning, though at too 
i great a height for my rod ; but in the 
afternoon the clouds approached much 
nearer, and the rod became charged 
pretty ftrongly politive, which conti- 
nued about one hour and a quarter. 
I charged fome Leyden bottles with 
the fluid, fome politive, others nega- 
tive, for there were four gradual 
changes of the electricity. 
Balls open half an inch. 
Nine o’clock A.M a heavy ihower of 
rain fell, the rod became ftrongly 
charged with negative electricity, all 
the time the ihower lafted, which was 
fliort and fudden. One hour after- 
wards, the electricity changed to a 
ftrong politive, the bell fuddenly be- 
gan to ring, and continued to do fo 
five minutes ; the pith balls then clofe 
ilowly, and open negative, and conti- 
nued weakly fo the reft of the day. 
At Edinburgh, fome lightning and 
thunder this day, 
A cloudy ihowery morning. The eledtric 
charge in rod was moil beautiful this 
day. In about fix hours time I ob- 
ferved feven changes of the eledtricity ; 
five of thofe changes were gradual. 
The balls opened from 3 to 4 inches, 
and remained fo from 15 to 20 mi- 
nutes each opening, then gradually 
clofed ; the other two charged ilowly, 
but clofed very quick 
