I I .The N ?A T U R 'A X /S B I S\ TiQ>R Y
“ -zoo. which defe&fis^ealjly fupply’d j# p # $ k - J gW only
“ add that the numbers on the right hand; are the -fumms'of. all
“ thofe in the fame line,; -thatis, in the firftpart o f leveral num-
t‘ hers forrTjeaXears,fo that the laft of theip- fhew& the iutnm both
“ of the half Ounces,. that hayeyfeMen:dunng thatjfpade pfitlme',
« and the- height the; ^ t e r wou^d
“ alfo jTo this I fhall only add one Example ^,Jhe futom of all
“ the Rain in fcheTen ther©fe;g
“ ing to what has been faid 4122 (7 .is the nunfi^tof half Pounds,
“ that fell inCompafs-of the Tunnel during thofe Ten;Years,arid
“ 412(1,7. the height^ i£7WQu’dfhaye raifed #feWater during that
“ time : But if you defire tobejmc*&s^tftijla^otfyoofapd:; §(06
“ its 200th part, you will haye-414(3 ?;foMher trp-height; and
“ 41(413 for the
“ and 412(17 for the mean quantity of hal|^ouj|4ft;j ;by the
“ fame method you will have themeans.for theother,Fiv4 ,
“ <uiz. Of height 41(7$,^ and 4 1 7^ % ^ ^ Kn^eap:l® i^ e r
“ of half Pounds, which, means do ftrangelyagtee,-and both con-
fider’d do give for the mean by all thgj 1^
tC inches in height,which isabout ■; of an,4 nghtPpte than double to
“ that raifed by the Water at Pam, which a§^tvdown 'in the
“ Memoirs for the Ingenious,for F^rwa^daft^a-ftatedabout 19 |
I French inches, whichmake ia jEng&$,vIshavSeomitted -fhe^ac^
“ countsofthe Years 87, and;S:8prwhich Il fpund faulty by rea-
tCfon the Perfon (who had the charge .of >noting what Rain fell
“ during my abfence feveral times then, foomfiome;) did not pun-
“ ftually obferve the ufual method I had prfefcribed him. 1 for-
“ got when I mentioned my way of Gauging by weight that it
“ was grounded upon ai('736& Cubical inches of Rain Water,
“ being equal in weight to one pound or 12 Ounces Tray; fo that
“ dividing any fuperficies in inches of aVeflel for receiving theRain
“ Water, by the before mentioned number it will give you the
ci Poundsand parts^that will raife the Water upon that fuperficies
“ with up-right fides, juft an inch, and thus Ifiound that 4(974
“ Pounds wou’d fill a Cylinder equal at the Bottom to my Tunnel,
“ and one inch high,which you fee isvery near fivePounds,which
“ you
‘Syqu will. alCo find raife the Cylinder by^Vtffart i
“ .but,now I have.d^tairied you^Vlong^andd am ;afraM2ueedfe^ly,
“ Jo.that l trufirt»<your goodnefs for,Pardon Jaf ahd what W
“ you (hall fir^jamifsupon thffeore ofmylEyes,. which oblige me
“ it© trufi&qofie tOiOthers^hamather wi'feid, ffijou’d.
5 - Y^^ffambfcSfirvaiift*
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y c u im ty
February t
'JwiCrch''\
M a y
iJttneL - ®
A u g u fb V
September-
jijMEtriSwBj L
“N o v ’etiiber1
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270
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m m m i
333
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112’.
, ‘25‘[ '
. Sum
JdriUary
February
March
j i p r i l '
M a y
June
Ju ly ;-- ■
A u g u ft .
September
O0pbern,^
November
December
I 707
1
™78!
? '244*
i- 479
6ei8
| 402
H
%gga
'717
262
B B i
;1 ^ 3 8-5
. 182 j
'* 3Q2 j
"‘442 _
j-47®?*
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358
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'Sum' 485o. ■4^9 1 1sWo'1^•37^- 4232 j 26S93 ;
. .. ojf^hl Sqn \yer^
communicated,J%^the'faidv Leari|ed Gentleman , in A e tte i to
Mt^FlamJied which I will firft tranfcribe, and'then fok the fiatis-
ftKtion of the Reader tranflate. G Ceeluni