Volume 1

The works .... / [John Huxham].

  • Huxham, John, 1692-1768
Date:
1788
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Credit: The works .... / [John Huxham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and Lightning: At the Begining indeed of the Month the Weather was fomewhat fair with a thin Ice, but the Air was very thick, the 5th Day it was very foggy and exceeding dark. Perhaps the immenfc Quantity of Va- pour, that was in the Atmofphere, partly at Icaft, fupported the Mercury in the Barometer, which otherwife the perpetual Storms would have probably funk much lower. Rain /// 2. 9. II. 12. 13- '15- 16. /■» /t ft 17- ao-aa. aj-a,-. ad-ag. 30. 31 =4.^688.’ Great Storms the nth, lath, 14th, i6th, aad, 23d, and adth; exceeding high Tides from the 12 th to the 14th. Moft violent Thunder and Lightning with vehement Hail the i2thj a long continued Storm of Lightning and Thunder the 16th S W b W 4. Greateft Height of » Leall —- , Coldeft Day 7. 62. E Warmeft — 14. 43. 6. 30.1.NNW1. \ 4. 29.1. S.W b W4X 5 ^ ^ Mean Alt. 49fy. Mean Alt. 29-5fr. In the Begining of the Month the Colic and baftard Peripneumony with nervous Alfedlions: Coughs and Catarrhs very frequent towards the End And hyfterical and hypochondriacal Paroxyfms. The whole Quantity of Rain this Year Dig. Dec. = 29.884. . o F