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VII. On the Meteorology of the Lake District of Cumberland and Westmoreland ; 
including the results of Experiments on the fall of Rain at various heights above 
the Earth's surface, up to ^i&Qfeet above the mean sea level. 
By John Fletcher Miller, Esq. 
Communicated by Lieut.-Col. Sabine, For. Sec. R S. 
Received April 4, — Read May 18, 1848. 
Introduction. 
Nearly four years have now been devoted to the investigation of the fall of rain 
in the lake districts of Cumberland and Westmoreland ; and two complete years 
have elapsed since the experiments were commenced, with a view to ascertain the 
amount of rain deposited at great elevations above the sea, extending to the tops of 
our highest English mountains. 
As the investigations proceeded, some remarkable results were elicited, which 
coming to the knowledge of the Royal Society early in last year (1847), the Council 
kindly expressed a wish to contribute, from the Donation Fund, the sum of twenty 
pounds towards the current expenses attending the inquiry. The donation was 
accompanied by a request, that as early as convenient after the close of the then 
current year, I would transmit to the Royal Society a resumd of all that I had done 
in this department of meteorology. 
This, resume I have endeavoured to communicate to the Society in the annexed 
paper. 
Whitehaven, March 1848 . 
J. F. Miller. 
MDCCCXLIX. 
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