A Register of the Weather for the Year 1692, Kept at Oates in Essex. By Mr John Locke

A Register of the Weather for the Year 1692, Kept at Oates in Essex. By Mr John LockeAuthor(s): John LockeSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 24 (1704 - 1705), pp. 1917-1937Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102986 .

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0 191N) -ste not Hexangulat like Cals -bat ofienttnzes of tit- form of a Chifiile.

I [aw a little Particle of QryRal, which thovery fmall, I could perceitte eo be of a Triangular lhapeX two Angles of it being a littlelarger tin the third} as is reprefented in FigX X 3. between N and 0.

1 faw alSo fonle Salt Figures like Figt 8.between A-and B, btxt they had a thicknefs in 'em whtch was vifible to the Eye, beSdes azgreat many Qther irregular Salt Partw- cles -which svere Wo very numerous Ein a l"tnall quantitst cxf Water tbat I was aRoni* at it.

I cauSed the Waters that almolE always furtounds the Salt Parttcless to exhale leifurely by the wvarnsth of a Candle, and tben I could dffcover a great many coaguw lated fmall Salts without any vifible wgure.

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II. X §tgiJ?er of tSe WeatA,er for tte year z dzX t.e at Oat-es in ESex. !0y AfrJohn Lockc.

T Herewlth fRnd you ie Copy of my RegsRer of the 1 Weathers from the gth of lDerenfb. I69 14 tQ the end of the year s692. It is fit I expsaitl a little tO youSome things in the TableX for the ketter underftandirlg ¢fie,

The firEt Column hav-ng D at the tOp, contains the day of the month.

that Vuiti H, the hour of the day which beginning from one of the clxk sn the morning I count round in one continxd feries to 2+, wllich is X a a c)ock ae nght,

The Column Ther ss that of the Thermofcopet thich was a fealed one, whereofyou wsli End a }argeF account hereaftero

0 191N) -ste not Hexangulat like Cals -bat ofienttnzes of tit- form of a Chifiile.

I [aw a little Particle of QryRal, which thovery fmall, I could perceitte eo be of a Triangular lhapeX two Angles of it being a littlelarger tin the third} as is reprefented in FigX X 3. between N and 0.

1 faw alSo fonle Salt Figures like Figt 8.between A-and B, btxt they had a thicknefs in 'em whtch was vifible to the Eye, beSdes azgreat many Qther irregular Salt Partw- cles -which svere Wo very numerous Ein a l"tnall quantitst cxf Water tbat I was aRoni* at it.

I cauSed the Waters that almolE always furtounds the Salt Parttcless to exhale leifurely by the wvarnsth of a Candle, and tben I could dffcover a great many coaguw lated fmall Salts without any vifible wgure.

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II. X §tgiJ?er of tSe WeatA,er for tte year z dzX t.e at Oat-es in ESex. !0y AfrJohn Lockc.

T Herewlth fRnd you ie Copy of my RegsRer of the 1 Weathers from the gth of lDerenfb. I69 14 tQ the end of the year s692. It is fit I expsaitl a little tO youSome things in the TableX for the ketter underftandirlg ¢fie,

The firEt Column hav-ng D at the tOp, contains the day of the month.

that Vuiti H, the hour of the day which beginning from one of the clxk sn the morning I count round in one continxd feries to 2+, wllich is X a a c)ock ae nght,

The Column Ther ss that of the Thermofcopet thich was a fealed one, whereofyou wsli End a }argeF account hereaftero

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( 19l8,)- The CoTunan i?4r marks the height of the .lVercgry. m

16.gle aroCcope.

The FrS tau;Raler is the incTles of itS heightX the ftcotd rvan.?ocr tnarks the oth parts of an inch aboure )n*Ss inch marked by the firSt number.

Tie Cc}Em1n >UvTge iz that which marks the mofture of t8le Airv a he invkrument J uScd nvas t-he beard of a Wild Oat) of s-hicheach turn vias disided into lixteen de grces,

tJUheCtltn of the Nl7ind rx}ark jd the polnt the X7ir7irld was ln but notwIwaas exa&ly5 becauSe the tTeather- cock vifibie out of my -\Vindow v^{-s (tifE) arld turn d not eafily, nor wZas thc HouSe it ftooa on fituate exaular E aCt and A7ett; fo tha-* it was not eafie hy the ftanding of the Weather-cock to kno->r -exaEtly the point of the \Vind: Wherefore I contented ruly felf ts3 fet down la^ly one of the + cardinal points) uhen the NVind was t}rerty ntar it; and w7hen ot was more remote) the two card;4al points betuZeen whicll it was plltting the Letter of the cardi. nai point firSt to svhxch it was Iatare(i; as -svllen the Wind was tetvveen the South and the W¢R) if it were nearer the W@[t than the South) I vrit \t>-* S and fo of the relt.

-I markec: bttides thv force of tke A1ind nhich l di vided itzto fo-ur degrepS. I. When -it inR ms;3ved tlae Leaves. 2. \Ven it blemJ a pret-ty frenh yaRe 34 When it wasa hard and ehRling NYind. 4:. WSten it 61eva ftorm7 Though theSe divifions- were n* n?ade srxth that exaEnefsas they tnight hase been had *O<#- had an itl(trU

w1ex1t cxn purpote, wet they o.tii glve for- help tQ thafev who svould nale O5nerYstions (roi. 6a;X-- X*egiCcrs as thefe. (O) v>aNwhentn>re zv-asust WJitil crolxgnton.ove a Lea f as l coulJ feef

As to th£^ \vettiac.:. r1ve gn*sv;zt- t- of the i.'+!(VG-

blw oux oftt:}t WtinJ(35rts75 (itmy Stu=5 ) )sv h<> * vi} c Fatt.and Svuh J co* cr8 svith CloWds, than not. tdir ttle boruitrary,

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( tPl9S9 Between when lt sras uncertatn wretf>;er [X<ore vt the Si;; w>orerad or clear Covet^d szvken no part ot ttac cicav Sky appear'd GtloyV when the Sky was coverd svith. one nitorm thivk Cloud. f have ofien thought that if fuch a BsepRer as this) ot

one that svere better cvntrivfids will t}e hlo o; tome tnftrutlnents that for exas:?rneSstnaig5at be added avern kest in evetr Coutzty in Sszgle/-dl and fa co naantly puviii1leC3

nzarg\! rhing) relating to the AirX Winds) Healthn Fruitx fiulne<>) er nzight by a fagacious man le coIletEed frofll tto;>x1s} and feveral Rules alzzl ObScrvations cOIlCerus sRg thP extent of \Vinds and Rainss bc. 1)e ln t;nne tC>hltlh'ds to the great advantage of NIanliind. \57he ther you ss?ill thiA it worth ahe Koyal Socaety7s confP deratian and protnatton, I leave it to yous From this foliary one there 1s little to be colleAed. The p*ins-is b 11tthef tllat I indulgd tnty Cuticfitys wherl ie co{t tne the writing tlOt fo nluch as a line a dast. For ttnough bersde5 the ordinary OblervationX which I fet dosvn cotnX monly every mor£illgy there feldorn llappen'd any RainX Snows or other remarkable changeX which I dld not fcrt downn But as you SeeX a few Letters axld Figures do lts fuch as iti is I fend it you) and if itmay be ot uSe tO any -one I thall bP glaxlt

N. B. That the -(hernzo-ficape marksd + wthich I tmade rfe of til! ffir 1- . t7ox, srass3ne of thofe foRd by Mr Tt7go pine, wheres o mark^d temPerateX and the Figures frotn thenwe it3=aXingHszth up-\^7aru;< atleA dossnt&ards) nlen-vXd

the increaSe of Eiea£ anX£old frontEenlperate Sept 2a.

<x 7o 1 e -I began rew afie a F:i>ry realw 4 4*}-16>y m018tt ;9e au juatd to a Scale nnst br Mr $&!5At- Ptd£rYc13 iN rhe 0!.;t 3{tzgjt, Nd5o

places o att thc tp filppc)finag tt ws b<> th) q*X.v ot1pt*rv r >a}ae 11ne 3nd b >he Figures increayfe 21oFYe{1\* £* t{|S) vstti>*^< he increafeofColdi lernsperae toc8-zg p*}-aded At 45* 115iS ThermoCcope is marked s itl my Regil>¢r.

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N. B. I xrpê tIzat fronl tIze 23d to the 29th sncluEveX 1ys the HygroCcope ll-as beerl counted 16 Wrces) i. e. 0Ne

wholearaS two hgll, xt beinball tlzat svhilW very hard F}o0*

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day mcirnxng tt!19rw- Ss t]' d ffirente or two z-v;ze1e D* grees and. ) a trCat-<F r ltC tt-33n one thall ,!dIn-ariXy sindt The TherrrJofnspe sWas UtsNlOSftJ n a corner of a zirv l-rge roomn ouL 01 atl t3C1] ti the tirn sTvllertbs it miWL bc al*Cr: 4*

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( 1916 )

MA R C HX I692,

D H rher. Bar. Hyg. Wind. Weather. MarcAX tS9S.

tF} 812. 7|28. i7l iS W 3 Fair.

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21 8,3. x!29 51 _S W-3 3ir 3j 712 61 81 _ IW S 2lFair

6 jl. 4 8 W S ] Rain very gently till 20,

_ . ; hard till 23. 4' 9 3. X I 4- 'N E 2 ITIze Ground cover'd -wi.

{ j Srlow. Clofe. 5 J 9, @ 4 | I 82 prW 2 C i Q Ud .

6 9t2. 4§ If t |W 2IR3iN till 16 I612. Os 9 IW IlKain. --

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9 8 3* 3; 151 25 lS W aIvars -

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{t712. 21 I81 Ig lAr 2!a-]ittlO Kain.

l4 2. o 30. c: 24 W N 2 CIm ali t11I I6.

- |ISW[. 7129* xgl 4° lV7NxI*tery gentle Rain. ^ 23 - -7 ---I6 NW2]lard Rainfor 3 or +

f hours paR. s31 912- 31 t-81- tW N lvery gentle Sa]l Rain.

x2Z l x.lt INW 2iFair.



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\ \ J j foregoingday gentleRain. s1- 9 1. 7 28. 16i 39 S E 2 Clole,Rain a greatdeal lalt

g { jnigh-t,fo as to makea.FlH =JFiir.

. - ___ 24 4 X pv CIo-te, f - w ing part of the niaht _ _ .

. 31 92 2 v. oi ^ tO 2 C;lvfe IIGI. 7 21 32 IN\A73 fmaXRain.

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--g- * 6 W f Ratn. Rain a great deal j ! Jatl nigilt.

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[Rain) as al-mort alt this 8 metning

in gqntly, as the great zart of this airerncson.

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- sir call'd a red V9ti:adt

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123t°31 I51 8 8 I(JIOUdS

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5 7l 31 IS| 9 _ lN E x1verv tair 6t 813 81 - 8 lW 2|vcry fair

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23 °6 xb 7 {mall Waxn for a 1Xt:$##1 ...

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x81 glo. X X 51 l8 1S W vlCloudy. I i 0- ;- ^

In the OtaJ4et o7 the NortJ5 fJe of the HoxJee

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l rl_I |Rain 8t 9tlO - 3\ I71 I6 iN E ,Cioudy. t96 81o f Jil 3 iN E ItFair

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271 9wI i I3 27 # - I Clofe. _ _ 7 13 2; 1 I1clOrt,a little t1tiQlNg&3in

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DECEMBER, x6924

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In y Chatber on the Sohfide oftbe HogJe.

xll 1 x51 54 WN tfFair. 71 49 WN xt }8'10,2 712O- gl 43 [E oV=yS' 9r 9 3 s o 43 S t.Mifi, AMi iswhenthe 1- drops manDifelElr falls.

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D oH Ther'Bat: tHyg. WindtlW:eather.

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hers ltevewh 1692-*

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-1 5 1 IS W 4tKain all dzv. 2d 1 1X@* ;t i8\ 48 15 W 2 Kain. | - - 291 91_ 61z9. 6t 48 JS I Fair FroR.

24 2-s28 tR1. 47 1S 4lKaJu. 30 92. 3 II 57 W 4Raxn very hard all latt

I night till now

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;d 2C 2 Rain. ,I - _ n . _

24 4 tOt-LO X blouey.

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A Register of the Weather for the Year 1692, Kept at Oates in Essex. By Mr John Locke