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Mr. Bevan’s Meteorological “fournal. 
[Sept. 15 
A Lift of Extremes of the Thermometer at the ufual Time of taking them. 
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This Lift of Extremes leave me very few 
remarks te make on the variations of the 
weather. The barometer was, on the 
28th of January, down at 28.55 inches ; 
yet, on the 20th, in about fherty hours, it 
had rifen 29 $2, being more than oxe iach 
and @ quarier. ‘This extreme variasion 
was fcllowed by a fouth-eaft wind and 
two days’ rain. 
The extreme heat of the 25th of June 
was preceded by a thunder-fiorm on the 
evening before, which has reduced the 
height of that beautiful {pire at Han/flope, 
in Buckinghamfhire, about q4o feet, be- 
fides doing much damage to the other 
paris of the church. Since this has hap- 
pened, I have had an opportunity of feeing 
the church, and find very plain marks ct 
the Lightning entering at the eaft end of 
the church at the ground, which made its 
way upwards. by every metallic fubftance 
in its neighbourhood, until it reached the 
lead root; from thence it paflid up the 
fouth-eat angle of the tower, and at the 
bafe of the touth-eaft pinnacle the frac- 
ture commenced, and pafled obliquely up- 
wards to the top of the middle window, 
in the north-wett fide of the {pire. 
The principal part of the mafs of ftones, 
&c. forming this fpire, fell on the Jeacs 
of the church, and crufhed a whole gal- 
lery beneath. ‘Fhe bell wheels are all de- 
royed, but the bells do not appear to be 
injured. The metal hand of the clock 
was found at a confiderable diffance in 
the church-yard; and what is more fur- 
priing is, that, although this happened 
in broad day-light, in the midit of a po- 
pulous villace, commanded by the win- 
dows of moft of the hovfes, yet zobady 
faw, or diftin&tly heard, the {pire fall.— 
(A]l this damage might have been pre- 
¥ented by a conductor, which would not 
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have coft more than five pounds! )—There 
are evident marks of this church having 
been ftruck before, and there are very 
few f{pires that have not been repeatedly 
firuck, more or lefs, by lightning; and 
although a fpire lke Hanflope may ftand 
fome hundred years, yet we fee alfo that 
it may be ftruck down to-morrow! 
Every meteorological journal muf be 
greatly defe&iive that does not take inte 
the accoant the time when the direGion 
of the avid changes into a frefh point, 
and the velocity or force of the fame. And 
I have no doubt much may be learned by 
a number of goad regitters of every change 
of the wind, both in direétion and ftrength. 
Now the queftion is, who are the 
people moft likely to afford this informa- 
tion? Surely none fo likely as thofe 
whole bifinefs it is to attend to thefe cir- 
cumftances, or thofe who cannot help but 
obferve them; I mean the WiIND-MIL- 
LERS. All the additional trouble to them 
would be, merely to zefe down thofe 
changes that fo materially affect their own 
bufinefs. I have already found feverat 
millers willing to keep fuch a journal, 
and have no doubt but it will be follow- 
ed by all of fufficient intelligence and ci- 
vility. The plan already purfued is as 
follows, by denoting the ftrength of the 
wind, thus: (0), ot wind eaough to 
grind with full cloth; (1), fails clothed, 
and driving exe pair of fiones; (2), mill 
going with fell pace with about half 
cloth; and (4), going full pace, with no 
cloth. Theie degrees of itrength of wind, 
it muit be confeficd, are rath«r vague, but 
will ferve better than none, and till others 
more correct are adopted. 
A journal of this defcription will fiand 
fomething like the foilowing. 
Wind. | Strength of Wind. 
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