. Annals of Philosophy. 1818.] Annual Fall of Rain at Glasgow. 377 Palace, and the one at Sir Thomas Brisbane's, at Largs, upon the west coast, are all exactly similar, and were all made by Crichton; so that they can be accurately compared with each other. Dalkeith Palace stands, I conceive, at a greater height above the river Esk than the Macfarlane observatory does above the Clyde. The following table exhibits the fall of rain at Glas- gow for the last 17 years. It was kindly drawn up at my request by Dr. Couper, Professor of 1810. 1811. 1812. 1813. 1814. 1815. 1816. 1817. 1818.
. Annals of Philosophy. 1818.] Annual Fall of Rain at Glasgow. 377 Palace, and the one at Sir Thomas Brisbane's, at Largs, upon the west coast, are all exactly similar, and were all made by Crichton; so that they can be accurately compared with each other. Dalkeith Palace stands, I conceive, at a greater height above the river Esk than the Macfarlane observatory does above the Clyde. The following table exhibits the fall of rain at Glas- gow for the last 17 years. It was kindly drawn up at my request by Dr. Couper, Professor of 1810. 1811. 1812. 1813. 1814. 1815. 1816. 1817. 1818. Inches. 1-743 1-723 1-352 1-242 0-032 1-135 1-342 2-624 2-594 Feb ... 1-283 2-735 1-424 2-716 0-826 2-312 1-514 3-103 2-163 1-687 1-254 1-865 1-342 0-702 2-457 1126 0 627 1-952 0 659 2-054 0-842 0-216 1-651 0-925 1-243 0-072 1-420 May ... 0-510 2-783 1 -443 2-133 0-625 2-104 1-715 1-930 1-212 1-145 1-982 1-802 0-794 0-127 1-246 1-5S4 2-312 0-9 4 3-724 1-635 1-531 2-342 2-478 1-531 4-312 1-773 4-963 August. 2-874 3-545 2-166 1-307 2-397 2-354 2146 2-854 0-310 Sept 0-724 1-273 2-342 1-563 0-3S4 2-275 3214 0-629 Oct. ... 1-176 2*854 5-345 2-385 3-U5 2-402 2-446 0-892 3374 3-252 2-452 1 -362 2-976 1-823 1014 2-546 2-534 2-711 0-246 0-936 4-176 1 780 2-143 3-05S Total. 21433 27-h01 22-810 18-868 19-522 22-344 •-3-799 22-420 The following table of the fall of rain at Corbeth, 12 miles north-west from Glasgow, near the Campsie hills, and at the height of 466-^ feet above the level of the Clyde at Glasgow, will give the reader an idea of the great increase of rain as we advance nearer the west coast and tlie mountains. It was kept by Mr. Guthrie, of Corbeth; and the rain gauge is precisely the ,same as that used at the observatory of Glasgow. 1815 41-393 inches. 1816 39-589 1817 44-966. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appe
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