Volume 2

The miscellaneous tracts of the late William Withering... : to which is prefixed a memoir of his life, character, and writings.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1822
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Credit: The miscellaneous tracts of the late William Withering... : to which is prefixed a memoir of his life, character, and writings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. IX. Meteorological History of the Fear 1791, at Lisbon, by Major Prcetorius. Year 1T91. State of the sky, fith the proportion of time, reckoned ia houi^. Months. Rain and dense-wetting Januarr Feb. March April May Clear & serene Hemy. sky, or dark, ))nd ifht and lotrerinf high clouds, clouds. 224 366 Hiesk-j- cndrel' tfratA: with doods 316 410 June 294 Julj 208 Quantity of rain, in iRained French inches and lines. days. 0 n 242 2 4 452 August Sept. 516 232 202 60 1 li 184 October Nov. 163 226 Dec. Total 204 S6fi3 Hours, 223 276 2565 Hoiu^. 94 354 264 2532 Hours. Heavy fogs. Times and days. 6 times 3, 5, 7, 21, 23, 28 Winds. Prevalent winds, their duration, and from what point. 9 times , 2, 3, 10, 13, 14, 23, 25, 28 ttvice 5, 18 3 times 12, 17, 18 3 times 6, 30, 31 In the beginning westerly, then N and NNE NNE to the 10th and alternately NNW Winds, &c. Tempests and high winds, their Aurora I times, days, ditectioQs, and velo- Borcalis, city, marlcea Infathoms per second day and of time, hour. Meteors, &C' 4 times; on the 18th SSW S f 20th and21stWNW6f.23d N 5f. NNE, changing in the evening to NNW 3 times 6, 27, 30 0 li 0 8 9 2 Sood in the river twice 2, 31 5 times 6, 7, 20, 21, 22 5 1 flood in the river, 4, 15, 18 2 2 39 8 Inches. Lines. 17 108 Days twice 17, 18 3 times 15, 21, 25 S and SW to the 17th, afterwards NW and NNW NNW and W, variable W to the 24th, afterwards NW and N NNW.withlittle change 5 times; on the 15th and 16th N 5 and 7 f. 18th, 19th, and 21st NNW 5 and 6 f. 5 times j on the 20th, 22d, 26th, 27th, and 28th, all N, 5 and 6 f. 9 times ; on the 1st SSW 6 2d S 5 and 6 f. 3d S 7 f. 4th 5th, 6th S 6 f. 7th, 9th SW 7 and 6 f. 27th WSW 6 f. Zodiacal lights, times, and daya. S times 26, 30, 3] 3 times 3, 4, 5 Antecrepuscle times and days, 3 times . 26, 30, 31 Haloiofthe Moon, times and days. Twice; on the 24th and 25th NW 5 and 6 f. N, then SW and NW alternately, then N and NE Variable, NE and NW with balms 7 times. 1, 2, 4, 10. 12, 23, 26 46 Times. NE, then NW, then SW and N, at the close again SW fn the beginning NW, then SSW and S S, then NW to the 15th, NNE, N and NNW, NE .VNW thepreva lent wind, next to this NNE and SW. times ; on the 6th NNW f. 17th and 18th SW, 26th N, 30th NNE, all 5 f 6 times; on the 4th and 5th N 5 and 6 f. 9th, 10th, and 11th N 8, 6, and 5 f. 25th NNW 5f. Once; on the 16th NW 6 £ 3 times;on the5th, 16th, and 30th NNW 5 f. 5 times; on the 3d NNW 5 f. 15th SW to NW 6 and 7 f. great, 20th and 31st SSW 5 f. 11 times; on the 2d, 16th, and 17th W 5 f. 4th, 5th, and 19th NW 5 and 7 f. 13th SSW6 & 8f. 12th, 15lh,& 18th S8&6f. 4tiraes;onthe3dS7 and 8 f. great, 5th, 14th, and 23d NW 5 and 6 f. 60 times; the greatest were in April, October, and November. 7 rimes 23 to 29 3 times 28, 29, 30 t bright on the 27th. bright on the 4th. 3 rimes 3, 4, 5 7 times 23 to 29 3 times 28, 29, 30 once 17 once 14 at 10 in the even- ing Thunder and Ijghtning, times and days. 3 times 3, 4, 7 twice 3 and 8 twice; 11 and 13 EarthqualieS; times and days. once 23 once 1 1 on the 5th at 6 in the evening 3 bright. once 7 17 Times. once 30 20 Times. 3 times 26, 27, 30 once 12 Times. once 31 3 times 8, 12, 31 5 times 1, 2, 3, 13, 18 17 Times. I violent on the Q7lh at lo in the erenin^ 45m. and Mtli at 2i mprning Baroraeter, in French inches and lines. Highest point and the day, 28 ( 28 64 IS Lowest point and the day. 27 11 3 27 11 20 & 21 28 5} 27 11 IS 31 28 3i 29 28 4i 15 27 8 Mean of the whole. 38 3J 28 3i Thermometer, ^'ihreuheit's Scale. Lowest point and the day. 28 3 28 0 23 28 3§ 28 S 1 & 22 Two; on the 97th & 28th of November 28 2i 29 27 11 10 & 18 28 2i 28 H 62 6 & 13 39 64 1&2« 82 24 28 0§ 16 & 19 28 IJ 28 0 7 & 8 28 3 4 & 15 28 Si 25 28 6i 10 28 ! 27 28 81 on the 27th of Dec. 27 lOJ 27 27 9 15 27 6 19 27 li 4 27 6 on the 19th of Nov. 80 25 92 29 28 IJ 28 Of 28 04 28 2 90 S 100 28 91 2 82 8 67 22 34 8 & 9 Mean of the whole. 54 50 41 14 50 28 50 9 53 3 60 29 61 17 & 18 60 26 51 16 42 10 62 10 & 12 100 on the 28th of Au,'ubt 40 22 34 I the a'th&Oth (if Feb. 58i 62i 63§ 68i 72 65 53 621 Hygrometer, by De Lambert, 24 divisions. Highest degree of moisture and day. 23 3 23 14 17 2 22 23 22 4&31 20 22 17 2 & 31 15 1 18 9 21 18 21 5 & 10 23 on the 3d Jan. 14thFeb Lowest degree of moisture and day. Mean of the whole obser- vation. 25, 27, 29, 64 7 10, 12, 27, 7 30 16§ 9i 13i 5 19 5 29 5 10 27, 28, 30 3 I, 13, 15 16 2i 2 5 9 & 10 5 17 & 18 2i the 2d ofOctober Hi 12 n 114 11 The most remarkable phenomena dunng the year 1791, were the following :_In February and March the extraordinary serenity of the sky, with the wind constantly at 1 n T' oJk ' f a r .'u' ^'l November very rainy and tempestuous. Even December should irot have shown a sky so sullen and rainy, On the 28th of August, Fahrenheit s thermometer was at 100», and on the 8th and 9th of February at 34o, and on the high ground at the freezing point. The Hygrometer showed 29j inches. October gave ncaily one-third of it suDterraueons eihalations. ; NNE, and want of rain. 'April, May, and June gave a superfluity seeing the unexampled great and continued height of the barometer. Tj, . , , - ' high ground at the freezing point. The Hygrometer showed the greatest drought on the 2d of October. The total of rain was Ut Meteors we have observed three Aurora Boreales. The Earthquake, on the 27th of November, was probably caused by the great rains in Octtjber, stopping up the evaporations of the