THE COUNCIL. 5 
The labours in the Observatoiiy have been in constant 
operation, and as far as the Instruments placed in it, and 
the arrangements which can be made for the using of them, 
will allow, they have been of service in exciting and maintain¬ 
ing a taste for Astronomy, and other branches of physical 
science connected with it. 
The Meteorological researches of the past year have 
been still directed to the curious problem of the hourly 
oscillations of the Barometer, and in this the Secretaries 
have been aided by Mr. Outhett, who has obliged them 
by measuring the mercurial column at 4 a. m., and at several 
other hours, for the space of nearly two years. In conse¬ 
quence, the results of much labour on this interesting subject 
can now be produced in a general table, and compared with 
other observations and the indications of theory. It is proper 
to observe that no continued register of observations of this 
nature, at 4 a. m., has yet been published for any place in 
Great Britain, except the admirable Essay of Mr. Hudson, in 
the Philosophical Transactions for 1832. 
From the different Meteorological Registers presented to the 
Society, the following Table of the quantity of Rain at several lo¬ 
calities in Yorkshire, in the year 1834, has been compiled. 
East of York. 
York. 
West of York. 
Huggdte. 
Middleton. 
Brandsby. 
Moat Hall. 
Ackworth. 
Kirktborpe, 
600 ft. 
400 ft. 
200 ft. 
35 ft. 
100 It. 
200 ft. 
nr. W akefield 
on a housetop 
Jan. 
5.7 75 
4.25 
3.90 
3.650 
.3.892 
3.70 
2.652 
Feb. 
2.875 
1.57 
1.69 
1.320 
1.619 
0.57 
0.870 
Mar. 
1.500 
2.64 
1.17 
1.475 
1.525 
1.49 
1.100 
Apr. 
1.375 
0.84 
1.36 
1.375 
1.405 
1.83 
1.303 
May 
1.000 
0.55 
0.74 
0.740 
1.212 
0.66 
1.204 
June 
1.375 
1.27 
1.77 
2.145 
1.490 
1.99 
1.420 
July 
4.500 
1.00 
3.82 
3.545 
4.085 
7.03 
5.500 
Aug. 
2.000 
2.25 
2.92 
1.615 
0.665 
2.09 
1.133 
Sept. 
2.000 
1.63 
2.54 
1.935 
4.390 
1.83 
1.444 
Oct. 
1.000 
1.24 
0.49 
0.465 
0.755 
0.26 
0.288 
Nov. 
0.960 
2.20 
1.46 
1.741 
^ 2.225 
1.16 
1.386 
Dec. 
2.000 
0.74 
0.74 
0.694 
1.13 
0.654 
26.360 
20.18 
22.60 
20.700 
23.263 1 
23.74 
18.954 j 
B 3 
