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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Obfervations on the State of the Weather, from the 2516 of November, to the 24th of Deo 
comber, inclufive, 1803, rwo Miles NW. of St. Paul's. 
The mometer. 
Highe?t 37. 49. Dec. rx. Wind SW, ; a 54°. Dec -21 4. Wind S.W.W. 
Loweft 2g. to. Dec. 14 &15. Wind S. E. | Lowelt 14°. Dec. 9, Wind .N.E. 
Barometer. 
In the morning of the 
From the middle 8th infiaat, the ther- 
of the day on the mometer fto.d at 30°, 
Greateft 2 76 hun. ta2gth of November |, Greateft two degrees below the 
variation in > e@redthsof< to the fame hour variation in » 16°. < freezing point; and at 
24 hours. $a inc hon the goth, the | 24 hours, the fame hour on the 
: mercury refe irom gth, it was no higher 
; 29 €0. to go. 35. than. 14° or 18° below 
the freezing point. 
The quantity of ram fallen this month is equal to 2.768. inches In depth. 
Two things are worthy of notice fince our lat Report: Firf, a very confiderable ftorm 
on the 29th ult. _after which the barometer rofe with unufual rapidity: and, Secondly,—for 
the feafon, a feverer fro% then is ufual before Chriitinas ; ; it lated a full week. Between the 
5th and 6th we had 2 heavy tall ef {naw, which night be reckened equal to fiz or feven 
mches indepth. The colde# day was the 14th, in the. morning of which the mercury in the 
thermometer, as is noticed above, was 18° helow the freezing-pomt. For the lat week 
the weather bas heen unufually mild; the thermometer has irequently been nearly as high 
a? temperate, and never Once lower than 43° or 44°. 
The mean height ot the thermomeicr for the whole month is 40°.394, and that of the 
barometer 29.64. ; : ; 
At Norwich, we are informed that the Aurora Borealis was obferved on the 29th of No-- 
vember, with jiRidaoat hed hip the light was not variable, as it ufnally is, and of dif 
ferent prifmatic co} ows, but of a-pale gold-calour, frequently approaching to the white. 
The form was fometimes sound, but it generally refenibled the tail of a comet. South of 
Libra, and below ae confteilatien, was a bright-c -oloured meteor, relembling Jupiter ; it 
was vifible only a few feconds, and was fucceeded by another m aboukan hour aiterwards. 
Thefe, and feveral meteors icis remarkable, generally Genonmunated thooting-Rars, and fome 
faint ightning, appeared foutherly, and feemed to approach the magnetic meridian. 
General Summary of the State sf the Weaiber from Chrifmas Day IBO2, to Chrifimas Day 1803. 
The mean height of the baronet r for the year is 29.778: that of the ee enetcter vis 15 
- 50.309. The quantity of rem fallen is equaF to 26.395 i depth. 
We have had 98 ds ‘ys in which there has | heen rain ; 16 others in which it has fnowed or 
hailed Of the : ng, 155 have been remagheably brilliant, in which the fun’stayshave 
fearcely been hid : 52 may be called fair, and 36 completely cloudy. 
The ftate of the wind has been as iolides :—£9 north ; 11 ealt; 9 fouth; 67 wet: 68 
N.E. 39 N W. 3¢ S.haend i€ GS SV Vy: 
From the above Account, compared with the Ja% annual Report, (fee Monthly Magazine, 
vol. xiv, p. 57C) it will be fou wad, that notwithfanding the complaints of great drought, 
there has been fuii three inches of depth in raim more during the prefent year, than there 
was in the Se eireet r. whe fate of the atmofphere, with regard to heat and denfity, has 
been nearly the fain t 
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Eerata in tke Account of Mr. Prior, p. 489.—For the fentence which is incu by 2 
wrong ‘punctuation, read “ The imeonr Sie however, which were futtained by his un- 
maturity of age, 'were ci no louz duration; and, beng compentated by a maturity of in- 
tellect, “and au unremitted attention to the improv ement oi his pupils, the fchool was never 
in a more flourifhing fate : under his direétion.” 
For “incompatabie,” rea apatible;” and for ‘‘nine years,” read scpleieope ceil 
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C. D's Sutfeription of One Guinea is eee * for the Pir Boy at Ednam; a as well 
as fome cther “fmall Sums, for the fame benevolent Objed.- 
Varicus Names continue to be received, of Gentlemen difpofed to become Members 4 
the Soczety for Scientific Information. Others are folicited ; and a particular Commu- 
nication will be made in our next, or next following Magazine, on the Subje@. 
