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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. ' 
Observations on the State of the Weather^ from the ^\th of July, 1811, to tM 
24^4 of August^ inclusive, Four Miles N.N.W. St^ Paul’s, 
Barometer. 
Highest, 29'99. Aug, 15. Wind N. W. 
Lav/est, 29 10. - 8. —- W. 
Highest, 76° 
Lowest, 40*^ 
Thermometer, 
July 27—8. WindN. &S..E» 
Aug. 2—3. - S. E. 
Greatest 42 hund- 
▼ariation in ^ redchs of 
24 hours. 4 an inch. 
This variation 
occurred between 
the 13th and I9t'n 
of August* 
Greatest “i 
variation in C 
24 hours, j 
20 °. 
J in tlie morning of 
the 1st inst. the mer¬ 
cury «tood as high as 
60°, and on the fol,* 
lowing daj at the same 
hour it was at 40°. 
The quantity of rain fallen, since the last Report of it. Is equal to if inch in depth nearljr. 
Twice only during the last month has the thermometer been at the summer heat: and on 
six other days it was as high or higher than 70°: still the average heat tor the whole month 
may be reckoned at full 60°. The mean height of the barometer was 29'65, which is low. 
Considering the small quantity of rain that has fallen during that period. There has been no 
storm, excepting a, slight one in the forenoon of Monday 19th, during which the thunder was 
rather distant, but the lightning w'as extremely vivid. There have been eight or nine days 
in which there has been rain, and fourteen may be reckoned brilliant. The wind has been 
variable, but it has blown chiefly from the westerly points. 
Our readers should be reminded that on the second day of the ensuing month there will bs 
a partial eclipse of the moon, which will be visible here if the weather be fair and the atmosphert 
clear. The eclipse begins at 23 minutes past nine in the evening, and will end at 12 o’clock. 
Something more than half the moon will be obscured and the greatest darkness will be at 
42 minutes past 10 o’clock. 
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"We have been favoured with a very curious article relative to Ann. Moore, the phenomena 
of nature, now living at Tilbury, from Mr..Corn, and it shall appear conspicuously in the 
next Number. 
An Article signed Thomas Mottcoham in defence of prepared Stramonium will also appear 
In our next. 
A Mr. Williams, of Bristol, having favoured us with a communication on the subject oT 
prepared Stramonium, we shall feci ourselves further obliged if he will send us his present address. 
Since the article at page 125 was printed, Gold has experienced a further rise of 2s, per ounce. 
Errata in this Numbbr. —In the paper against eating Animal Food, in Article XVL 
for Stomachs read Stoijiach j in IX, dde the comma after boiling j and in XY,dele the comm*, 
after eat. 
