. The Canadian journal ; a repertory of industry, science, and art ; and a record of the proceedings of the Canadian Institute. U2 ⢠TKANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [1854' not so far as we are aware, fallen under the notice of any close F. A. Whitney, . Toronto. observer of the facts you enquire about, the most that is known j_ -yv, Whitney " being thisâthat the bed of the brook, during a long drought, p â' j' . " "" j, liaving become d ry, the stream is known to start again before a ⢠. J ei vis, rain, and the belief is that rain is to bo looked for immediate
. The Canadian journal ; a repertory of industry, science, and art ; and a record of the proceedings of the Canadian Institute. U2 ⢠TKANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [1854' not so far as we are aware, fallen under the notice of any close F. A. Whitney, . Toronto. observer of the facts you enquire about, the most that is known j_ -yv, Whitney " being thisâthat the bed of the brook, during a long drought, p â' j' . " "" j, liaving become d ry, the stream is known to start again before a ⢠. J ei vis, rain, and the belief is that rain is to bo looked for immediately on I^^- E- St. John Parry " . the appearance of Dodge's ; The cause of the phenome- Capt. C. K. Scholefield, " - non has been attributed by some to the fall of rain at the distant J. Small M. D. _ _ _ " sources of the spring, a shoit time previous to their descent in the j £ grnj,]] u vicinity of the spring itself; but this view is doubtless eri'oneous, ' ' ' since it is altogether improbable that rain should fall at two ditfer The following gentlemen were elected Members:â eut localities year after year with the same constant period of time between them, and that this intei-val should be such as to G. B. Holland, Toronto. insure that water falling at the first locality should always arrive c. Hampden Turner, Rooks Nest, SuiTcy^Eng. thi-ough subterranean channels at the second before the rain com- tt PgrmetL T t menced. I have not been able to ascertain the state of the baro- _" ... meter, either at Rutland or Concord, at the times when the phe- . ^- killings Bytown. nomenon in question occurs; nevertheless, I beheve that the true rri j-n ⢠1,1 i j. i j ^i o ⢠i i , ,. -n 1 i' 1 ⢠J T â -1 J X 1 ⢠'-"e followmg pamphlets were presented to the Society by solution will be tound in the diminished atmospheric pressure .. ° ' ^ ^ â¢' â " which exists before a rain. The waters of a spring remain at any ' â¢f-'
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