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Antiqua
Antiqua (mit lang-s); Spaltensatz.
made ſome intereſting obſervations on the motion
of the barometer near the
read,” ſays he, “in the Tranſactions of the
gal Society
regularly every 24 hour. Here, in
its motion is more aſtoniſhing. There are four
atmoſpherical tides every 24 hours, which depend
only on the attraction of the ſun. The mercury
falls from 9 o’clock in the morning till 4 o’clock
in the evening. It riſes from 4 till 11 o’clock;
it falls from 11 o’clock till half paſt 4 in the morn-
ing; it reaſcends from that time till 9 o’clock:
neither winds, ſtorms, nor earthquakes, have any
influence on this motion.” This fact goes a great
way towards proving the general truth of Mr. How-
ard’s theory, given in the Philoſophical Maga-
zine, Vol. VII.