Mr. Read’s Meteorological Journal 
208 
Days. 
Wind. 
Barom. 
Ther 
Sparks. 
! 
Pof. Neg. 
Mar. 22 
E 
Inches. 
30 -I 5 
0 
42 
O 
pof. 
23 
sw 
29.81 
46 
O 
pof. 
— 
24 
S 
29.80 
51 
O 
pof. 
— 
> A.M» divergency of the pith balls 
25 
NW 
3 °- 
46 
O 
pof. 
from one to nine tenths of an inch. 
26 
E 
3 °. 4 
48 
0 
pof. 
— 
> 
27 
E 
3 °* 
46 
O 
— 
neg. 
A.M. from a fmall fhovverof rain. P.M. 
28 
NE 
29.98 
44 
O 
pof. 
the fluid was pofitive. 
P.M. 
29 
N 
3 °- 
48 
O 
pof. 
— 
P.M. the air a little foggy. 
3 ° 
E 
29-95 
44 
O 
pof. 
— 
A.M. not a beam of fun has appeared 
3 1 
E 
29-93 
47 
O 
pof. 
. .. 
this day. 
A.M. balls half an inch open. 
April 1 
E 
3 °- 5 
45 
O 
pof. , 
— 
A.M. 
2 
E 
30.20 
4 1 
{mall 
pof. 
— 
A.M. vifible fparks. 
3 
E 
30.25 
40 
0 
pof. 
— 
> 
■ 4 
E 
30.19 
40 
O 
pof. 
— 
Balls open from one to feven tenths 
5 
NE 
3°- 2 3 
47 
O 
pof. 
— 
> of an inch. 
6 
E 
29-95 
36 
O 
pof. 
— 
7 
E 
2 9-75 
45 
O 
"Weak flgns of electricity. This weak 
flate has not happened fince the 31ft 
of December. There has been for 
8 
E 
29.75 
52 
O 
— 
— 
many days a ftrong eafl: dry wind, 
9 
\ ■ 
! E 
29-57 
66 
fmall 
neg. 
| which feems hitherto nearly void of 
the eleCtric fluid. 
P.M. from a finefhower of rain. 
10 
E 
29.50 
40 
fmall 
— 
neg. 
A.M. the rain continues, fo does its 
1 1 
E 
29.36 
35 
fmall 
pof. 
negative electricity. 
A.M. from a little fall of fnow. P.M. 
j 
12 
E 
29-35 
39 
O 
- 
fome fnow mixed with rain, on which 
the rod became charged much more 
ftrongly pofltive. The rod has been 
charged full four hours to-day. 
Weak figns ; balls not open. 
*3 
E 
29.70 
38 
fmall 
— 
neg. 
A.M. a moderate rain, but flrongly 
NE 
29.81 
41 
O 
neg. 
electrified, and continued fo full two 
hours. There were two gradual 
changes of eleCtricity. 
P.M. but after funfet the rod was elec- 
x 5 
E 
29.68 
35 
fmall 
_ 
neg. 
trified pofitively. 
Six o’clock A.M. a little rain fell. Half 
' 
after eight o’clock, a fine fliovver of 
April 
