Mr. Read's Meteorological Journal 
252 
Days. 
Wind. 
Barom. 
Ther. 
Sparks. 
Pqs. 
Neg. 
Mar. 22 
Inches. 
0 
charge was negative. There were four 
changes of electricity, but all gradual. 
N 
29.85 
44 
O 
pos. 
t The disposition of the atmosphere has 
23 
W 
3 °- 3 
54 
O 
pos. 
1 been mild and regular these four days ; 
24 
N 
3 °- 5 ° 
44 
O 
pos. 
f and the state of atmospheric electri- 
25 
S 
3 0 -38 
43 
O 
pos. 
j city constant and periodical. 
26 
s 
29.85 
46 
small 
— 
neg. 1 
rialf an hour after nine o’clock A.M. 
fell some rain, by which the rod be- 
came electrified negatively. The wind 
now became N, and attended with 
N 
showers of rain the rest of the day : all 
of them moderately electrified, nega- 
tively. 
27 
3 °- 
40 
0 
pos. 
— 
1 
28 
NW 
30.10 
45 
0 
pos. 
— 
29 
SW 
T? 
30. 6 
50 
0 
pos. 
— 
The weather has been fair during 
3 ° 
ii. 
SE 
SW 
3 °- 
44 
O 
pOii • 
these ten days, and the atmospheric 
3 1 
April 1 
3 °. 0 
3 °- 
44 
5 ° 
O 
pos. 
— 
„ electricity has been constant ; yet it 
has been too weak to afford visible 
2 
3 
E 
E 
29.81 
29 78 
5 i 
5 ° 
0 
0 
pos. 
pos. 
— 
sparks. 
4 
NE 
2q.go 
46 
0 
pos. 
— 
5 
NE 
29-72 
46 
O 
pos 
— 
6 
N 
29.45 
43 
small 
— 
neg. 
Six o’clock A.M. i found the night bot- 
tle charged sufficiently to explode with 
/ 
a visible spark ; the kind, negative. 
During the night, the weather had 
changed from dry to a mild rain. The 
rod has been electrified negatively 
nearly all this day. 
7 
8 ' 
9 
W 
NW 
NW 
29.78 
29 92 
29.90 
47 
53 
5 1 
0 
0 
0 
pos. 
pos. 
pos. 
— 
1 Mild serene weather. The divergency 
v of the pith balls has been varying 
between null and one inch open. 
10 
W 
3 °- 
5 ° 
0 
pos. 
— 
1 1 
SE 
3 °* 
5 ° 
small 
— 
neg. 
Weather still mild, and a constant elec- 
tricity this day. 
12 
N 
29 95 
54 
0 
pos. 
— 
From a fog. 
1 3 
NE 
3 °- 
5 1 
0 
pos. 
— 
' 
14 
W 
3 °- 
59 
0 
pos. 
— 
Mild serene weather these nine days ; 
15 
SW 
30. 6 
55 
0 
pos. 
— 
16 
SE 
30.10 
55 
0 
pos. 
— 
some of them foggy: but whether 
17 
SE 
3 °- 
6 1 
0 
pos. 
— 
y clear or foggy, the vapour in the air 
18 
SW 
29.80 
57 
0 
pos. 
— 
has been constantly electrified, posi- 
19 
SW 
29 75 
59 
0 
pos. 
— 
tively. 
20 
s 
29.57 
59 
0 
pos. 
— 
2 1 
SW 
2Q 48 
5 6 
0 
pos. 
— 
22 
SW 
29.25 
55 
small 
— 
neg. 
A wet morning. Twelve o’clock, the rain 
fell more plentifully, and the rod was 
rather strongly charged negatively. 
23 
SW 
29.24 
54 
strong 
— 
neg. 
Half an hour after twelve o’clock P.M. an 
