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Mr. Read’s Meteorological Journal 
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Wind. Barom. jTher. Sparks. 1 
?of. IS 
leg. 
i 
! 
il 
aches. 
•1 
■ 
0 i 
A.M. to full fix o’clock P.M. durin j 
which time there were four gradualj 
changes of the electricity. 
Sept. I ? 
NW 
29.92 
29.61 
44 
0 
0 
— i 11 
— T 
teg. I 
tesr. 1 
Jy the night bottle. 
^.M. a more tranfient vifit of the elec- 
18 
N W 
5 2 
tric fluid I never before faw, juft whilej 
a fmall black cloud pafled over the^ 
rod, and let fall a few drops of rain ;| 
the whole time of the charge was 
about 4 minutes. 
19 
W 
29.40 
48 
0 
— 
leg. . 
A.M. by the night bottle. The elec- 
trification of the rod very weak. 
20 
21 
w 
w 
29.40 1 
29.40 j 
60 
0 
, _ - . _ 
Weak figns ; balls not open. 
60 
fmall 
— 
aeg. 
A.M. by the night bottle. P.M. the 
rod was electrified negatively. 
22 
NW 
3 °- 9 
5 1 
0 
neg. 
By the night bottle, and the rod aifo. 
2 3 
NW 
3°. 2 
5 1 
0 
— 
neg. 
] 
24 
NW 
30.23 
61 
0 
— 
neg. 
| The eleCtrical charge has been veryi 
25 
NW 
30.26 
49 
0 
* 
neg. 
26 
S 
30.26 
49 
0 
— 
neg. 
^ weak thefe eight days, only juft fuf- 
27 
sw 
3 °- 
61 
0 
— 
neg. 
f ficient to indicate the kind. 
28 
w 
3 °* 
5 1 
0 
* 
neg. 
\ 
29 
s 
29.71 
58 
O 
— 
neg. 
) 
3 ° 
OCt> 1 
s 
sw 
29. 1 
29.22 
48 
53 
0 
fmali 
pof. 
neg. | 
A.M. by the night bottle, which wa9 
fufliciently charged to give a bright 
fpark on making the circuit. At noon 
fome rain fell, by which the rod be- 
came eleCtrified negatively, and very 
flrong, which lafted full four hours ; 
during that time, the electricity 
changed four times, which were all 
gradual. 
* 
1 sw 
29.28 
47 
ftrong 
neg. 
A.M, P.M. the rod was electrified 
pofitively, and afterwards negatively, 
with ftrongfparks at the brafs ball L. 
3 sw 
29.11 
48 
flrong 
p°f. 
■ — 
A.M. but much more flrongly pofitive 
in the afternoon ; the bell for a fhort 
time rang brilkly, after that faintly, 
then flopped, and the electricity 
changed to negative, which continued 
. 
1 
fome hours, then declined gradually to 
weak figns only. » 
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