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body, was from above downwards. It passed over the telescope 
in the space of a second or a second and a half, and its motion 
was neither perfectly equal nor rectilinear, but resembled very 
much the unequal and somewhat serpentine motion of an as- 
cending rocket,’ froirf the unequal burning of the charge, and the 
irregular reaction of the stream of air issuing from it on the at- 
mospheric air. It was thus evident, that this moteor moved in 
our atmosphere,^ but it must have been at* a considerable height, 
since its angular motion was so slow. This* is perhaps’ the only 
instance in which a shooting-star vhas been seen at mid-day in 
clear sun-shine.”~.firaw.9feai. 
9. Quantity^ of Rain neai- Hexham- — Tlfe Keverend Mr 
Wasted of Newbrough, near Heiham, Northumbeiland^ has for 
several years past kept a very accurate register of the quanti- 
ty of rain which has fallen there, as indicated by one' of Mr 
Adie’s best gauges. The following is the monthly report for 
ISM. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
January 
0.96 
July 
1.31 
February 
0.98 
August 
1.72 
March 
1.69 
September 
2.61 
April 
0.84 
October 
2.43 
May 
1.19 
Noveihber 
4.11 
June 
1,35 
December 
4.78 
23.97 
The total depth' of rain in 18S4 has not been quite an average. 
The following were the annual quantities ascertained at New- 
brough for the three preceding years. 
In 1821, - 27.41 
1822, - 26.98 
1823, - 23.54 
It may be noticed, that the quantity of rain which fell near 
Wakefield in Yorkshire, in September and October last, was 
much greater than at Hexham. 
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