The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-11 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

EXTRACT from a 31t.rEoRoLocacar, JOURFAL for sEper.
lan, kept at the OLsEavATonr of the ROYAL Arta,
DEWY, GOSPORT, MIMS:—

" The first nine and the last five'days Of this month it'ldie
! dry, the other part was generally wet; yet die weather has beets
remarkably warm for the season, frequently sultry in the even-
ings and throughout several .nights, insomuch that the mean'
temperature of the air is only one -and 1-111th degree lets than
that of last month.. The mean teniperature Gratre external
air this month, is 3 degrees higher than tlienfean of Senteni-
bar for the last nine.years. The temperature-of Spring wafer
arrived at its anmeinsunt at the time of the Autumnal Erpti-
nox, and in consequence of the dryness of the summer, and
the unusually high temperature of the ground, itei marine/pi
for the present year is oue.third of .a degree bigker, than the
mean of the maxima for the lest five
,years. The steadintai
of the mercury in the barometer. at this period, arising from
the gentleness of. the atmospherical tides,* they are termed;
•ix a proof- of the calmness of -the weather. Should it he ask-
ed, what this unprecedented mean temperature of the air
is attributable to, • we would answer with defetence, that
it may have been influenced partly by the *great-heat of the
ground, as ascertained by the temperature of spring. water;
and partly by the conjunction of the planets as hereafter
monttoned, and the recent, appearance of the.tomete that are
said to be pervading the solar system. • For we have partici,-
' lirly observed, that the temperature of the air is comparatiVely
higher when a Comet is present, than When it has receded from
the' eight:; and by admitting the theory. of 'attraction of • the
planetary bodies, and the diffusion of light and caloric to Them,
as well as to our .earth, it is not irrelevant to suppose, that the
conjunction of an inferior with superior planets, may have , a
tendency to increase, in some measure, the beat of our atnios-
phere. Such a suggestion is certainly deserving the attention
of. the philosophic-mind, though we admit it to be a subject
hitherto uninvestigated.
-• "Theatniospheoric and meteoric Thenoinena that have conic
within our observation this month, ac three parhrlia, 'one pera-
:sky's; -two solar, arid two lunar halos, one „rainbow,. and one
limas iris'on the 25th, the latter at n'ne r. m. ; twenty-fonr
met. ors, -lightning in the nights of the 11th, 14th, ar421501,
end thunder in the afternoot of the 14th ; three strong galtkof
wind; namely, one frcm S.E, and two from S.W.' ae first of
which came on the day prece ling the'At:t imnal Equioo. •
" Singular Appearances of Nitwits—ln the evening of the
4th instant, a large meteor psteed from the star alpha in the
constellation Aries, to the J'leiades nearly, and abewed itself
in this direction •mostly behind a wane cloud:-.-In the. even-
ing of the. 13th, at a quarter past nine o'clock, a brilliant
meteor, of a whitish colour' in its descent from the star Atair
in Aquila, divided in two distinct parts just before it disap-
peared. • . ' - •
• " Conjunction qf ilie Planets, ke.----coon after four o'clOt in
the morning of the 28th, a cerjnnction of the planets 31arkand
Venus, and the Star Regulus was observed here. '.l7litse celes-
tial objects were about .fifoeendegrees above the Eastern .hoti-
son; in-the prime vertical, and the sky ,being cloudless at die
time; made this interesting phenomenon very conspicuous.' The
distance of Venias from Mars Was forty-four minute* of a tie-
g_ree;and front Regulus 39. 15. The three forirti; an IsoSeides
Triangle. Jupiter was A° 32. to the Eastward OfVetins,. 'An
ocsaltation of 7Regulus behind Venus took place at six o'cl6ete
in thceveningef the same day, and at ten_ pail. Mars 'aid
Venus were in their nearest conjunction, namely, twb-thirdSv or
a degree distant from each other. At four o'clock in the morn-
ing of Oetober the 4th, a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter isas.
obis) observed:here, when the former was forty minutes (Nara
from thedatter.- Venus in 'this position; certainly appears'Tho
most brilliant of the two, and reflected a greater ligit ttpo ,use
earth than4upites did.. , Inahae W vening, Venus,.hen )rig
Jupiter,calthongh invisible to us) .could only be 2,•kw i:ii?fittes
ri
distant Trom lihn. • - •• . • -..- . .

• ." Evaporation for the month, 4.60 inches ; rain in the pltivi' a-
meter. near the ground, 2,13 ditto; rain in clitto 23 (cc; hik,h,
2.21 ditto; prevailing ,winds, S. W. . '
" Clouds.---Cirrus, 24 ' Cirrocumulus, 13 L eirrOstrattliets ;
t.tratuF, 3; Cumulus, 24; Cumulostiatus, 254 "Ninibus;-17-
"
S. E. leale ofrftindr.—N„.4) Nr.E. 2 ; ;
" A Summary Qf the rVeathcf.—A. ; fine.; itith
vtriotu4 mottitie4tions of elauds, 134tiatiti:"vtrts3,t sky
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