Annual Meteorological Table for Sidmouth, Devon, 50° 41' N. lat. 3° 13' W. long By Dr. Clarke. Thermometer. -Northerly Exposure. Hygrometer of De Luc. 1514. Barometer. Weather Winde. Rain. Highest hy Six's Register | Lowest by Six's Register Mean of the extremes Mean of the highest Mean for the month Months Greatest range in 24 hours the lowest ☺00 | Mean of highest and lowest 5 C ! Mean of 9 morning w GT GO Mean | Mean of 9 A. M. and 2 P.M. O | Mean of 2 afternoon Wind | Mean of 11 at niglit Bu go ou Mean of 9 A. M. 2 P.M. and 11 P.M. O O O OUG | Greatest variation in 24 hours | Greatest moisture Wind Day Inches and decimals | Least moisture E and SE S and S w W and NW Wind Wind Day I N and NE II! | Range in 24 hours Wind Day Fine Cloudy Wet | Mean ZA N Jan. 29440 NW 211go N 310 35°2991320 320 350 339 319330150 130.21 S E 29 29.50 NW(29.63.91 Feb. 853 NW 2123 N E SS 43 33 38 136 42 139 36 38 12 17 30.51 N E 629.83 W 30:14 .35 4 35 N 49 56 43 50 50 54 52 4550 830.32 S 2 29.42 S W29.92.34 May 26167 S 1188 E 52 61 44 52 51 57 54 46 51 10 1130.51 E 5 29.41 SE 30.04.47 June 3075 S 743 S E 59 66 51 58 160 63 61 52 58 10 2430.41 E 3 29.76 N E 30.10.33 July 2576 S E 247 SW 61 71 55 63 66 69 67 56 63 23, 30:36 S E 20 29.74 S 30.04.25 476 S 2846 N 61 70 54 62 63 68 65 55 10 8130.39 S 24 29.70 SW 30.08.40 58 60 63 62 52 58 9 130.41 S 24 29.70 S W30.13.27 24 41 S W 10 14 SW 15 125 19 39 44 43 47 45 43 44 11 1 30:44 S W 30 29.36 W 29.85.53|2839 S 21 25 NW10 31 Dec. 1157 S W26 28 N E 42 48 40 44 43 46 44 42 143 17 20 30:31 N W|28 22.12 N E 29.79.5930142 SW 1625 NW14 135 16 114 19 4 216 3.85 3.25 .60 2.85 ARTICLE IX. ANNUAL RESULTS. Barometer. Lowest, Jan. 29 Greatest range, Jan. 28-29. ..55 Thermometer. Highest by Six's Register, July 25... 760 48 43 49 Mean of 9 morning. 49 53 17 Dec. 19-20 ......45 Nov. Dec. and Jan. 40 43 58 57 42 58 50 41 44 61 60 43 61 52 OC De Luc's Hygrometer. Mean for the months 300 Rain for the year Inches. 25.73 ARTICLE X. Obse in Ditto Ditto Magnetical and Astronomical Observations at Hackney Wick. By Col. Beaufoy. ( 12 23 02 Ditto at Greenwich, {12 05 33.2 Ditto at Greenwich. Ditto 1 Ditto Magnetical Observations. 1815. Ditto Ditto Ditta Jan. 18 8h 45' 24° 15' 46' Ih 30' 24° 19' 33" 1 25 24 22 01 Ditto 231 8 50 24 18 20 I 35 24 21 02 Ditto 24 1 50 24 20 44 1815. Mean of Observations in Jan, 1814. Ditto in Dec. }West . 24 20 37 } West, 1 Morning at 8h 47'..... Variation 24° 16' 46' West, Not obs, 1 30 Ditto 24 20 36 Not obs. Ditto in Nov. Ditto in Oct. Pitto in Sept. Not obs. at 8 39 Ditto 24 14 08 2 West. at l 42 Ditto 24 21 45 5 at Ditto Not obs. at 8 32 Ditto 24 14 33 at 1 39 Ditto 24 23 17 West, at 6 19 Ditto 24 16 50 at 8 30 Ditto 24 14 13 at 1 39 Ditto 24 23 48 West, at 6.57 Ditto 24 16 31 at 8 41 Ditto 24 13 29 at 1 42 Ditto 24 23 44 West. at 6 58 Ditto 24 17 00 at 8 44 Ditto 24 13 10 at U 39 Ditto 24 22 48 West, at 6 52 Ditto 24 16 29 at 8 45 Ditto 24 13 12 at 1 44 Ditto 24 22 13 West. at 6 38 Ditto 24 16 14 Ditto in Aug: Ditto in July. Ditto in June. Pitto in May. } West. } West. } West. . Mean of Morning at gh 45'. Variation 240,12' 53" Observations Noon at 1 48 Ditto 24 23 53 West. in April. Evening at 6 29 Ditto 24 15 30 Morning at 8 52 Ditto 24 14 29 Ditto in March. Noon at 1 52 Ditto 24 23 08 West. Evening at 6 11 Ditto 24 15 33 Morning at 8 47 Ditto 24 14 50 West. Ditto in Feb. Noon at 1 52 Ditto 24 20 583 Evening at Pitto Not obs. Morning at 8 52 Ditto 24 15 05 Ditto in Jan. Noon at 1 53 Ditto 24 19 03 S Evening at Ditto Not obs. 1813. Morning at 8 53 Ditto 24 17 39 Ditto in Dec. Noon at 1 51 Ditto 24 20 30 Not obs. Ditto Not obs. Morning at 8 45 Ditto 24 15 41 Ditto in Oct. Noon at 1 59 Ditto 24 22 533 Evening at Ditto Not obs. Noon West. Morning at 8 44 Ditto 24 15 55 Noon at 02 Ditto 24 23 32 West. Morning at 8 37 Ditto 24 14 32 Weste Evening at 7 08 Ditto 24 16 43 Morning at 8 30 Ditto 24 12 55 Ditto in June. Noon at 1 33 Ditto 24 22 17 West. Evening at 7 04 Ditto 24 16 04 Morning at 8 22 24 12 02 Ditto in May. Noon at 1 37 Ditto 24 20 54 Evening at 6 14 Ditto 24 13 47 Morning at 8 31 Ditto 24 09 18 Ditto in April. Noon at 0 59 Ditto 24 21 12 Ditte 24 15 25 West, ..... Ditto West. West, 5 46 ..... Feb. 1 8h 45' 24° 17' 36" 1h 30' 24° 20' 27" 30 24 22 25 Comparison of the Variations in the Years 1813, 1814, and 1815. April May Morning June Morning 24° 12' 53" + + + + + + + + + + + + + | ++ ! ! July 24° 09' 18" “” I 19 2 27 0 35 0 31 ( 25 1 03 + O 40 0 17 1 42 0 16 0 23 1 13 0 45 0 46 1 33 1 08 Aug. Sept. Oct. Noon. Nov. + 0 13 Terre Hell Dec. Jan. + + In deducing the mean of the observations, that of the morning of Jan. 30 is rejected, the variation exceeding that of any former day, without any apparent cause. Jan. 18.-The needie in the morning unsteady, and followed by a fall of snow. During the fall the needles were quite steady. Jan. 27.-Needles unsteady at noon : the wind afterwards blew fresh from the S.E., accompanied with snow. Feb. 12.-The needles at noon vibrated 14' 40" at intervals. The wind blew strong from the S. W. The wind afterwards increased, and shifted to the westward, accompanied with hard rain and showers of hail. 1815. ARTICLE XI. ANALYSES or Books. A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the Purpose of completing the Discovery of that vast Country, and prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in his Majesty's Ship the Investigator; and subsequently in the armed Vessel Porpoise, and Cumberland Schooner. With an Account of the Shipureck of the Purpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at the Mauritius, and Imprisonment of the Commander during six Years and a half in that Island. By Matthew Flinders, Commander of the Investigator. In two Volumes, with an Atlas. London, 1814. The charts which accompany this work have been constructed with uncommon care, and are probably the most complete of their kind hitherto published. The workmanship does great honour to Captain Flinders, and to the artists employed. Captain Flinders, by way of introduction to his own voyage, gives a preliminary account of the previous discoveries made in the Terra Australis by preceding voyagers. The north coast of New Holland appears to have been discovered in 1606, by the Duyfhen, a Dutch yatch, dispatched from Bantam to explore the islands of New Guinea. But the commander of this vessel was not aware of the importance of his discovery, considering the country which he observed as a part of New Guinea. Torres, a Spanish navigator, saw it the same year; but was as little conscious of the importance of his discovery. His letter to the King of Spain remained unknown, till a copy of it was found when Manilla was taken by the British forces in 1762. Mr. Dalrymple made it known to the public, and gave the name of Torres to the strait on the northeast side of New Holland, through which that navigator appears to have passed; and this name has been generally adopted. Further progress was made in the investigation of the north coast, by John Carstens, in 1623, by Gerrit Tomaz Pool and Pieterz Pieterzen, in 1636, and by three Dutch vessels, in 1705. In 1770, Captain Cook sailed along the north coast, and ascertained that New Guinea is not connected with New Holland. In 1791, Lieutenant M-Lure sailed along the north coast of New Holland, and determined the position of several islands, shoals, and projecting points of land. These were all the navigators that preceded Captain Flinders in his examination of the north coast. But Captains Bligh and Portlock, in 1792, and Messrs. Bampton and Alt, in 1793, sailed through Torres Straits, and added considerably to our knowledge of that intricate navigation. The west coast of New Holland appears to have been first seen by Dirk Hartog, commander of the ship Endragt, outward-bound from Holland to India. He fell in with it in 1616, about latitude |