OF THE WEATHER, IN THE VICINITY OF CHESTER, ABOUT THE TIME OF THE EXCURSION.
Section 211. FOR more than ten Days before the Balloon-Voyage, the Wind had blown (interruptedly on Account of the Sea-Breeze) from South and South by West.
Monday the 5th of September:
A Conjunction of the Planet Mercury and the Moon, at one in the Afternoon.
Tuesday the 6th:
A violent Hurricane in the South of England, at London, Portsmouth, &c.
The same Day at Chester North-North-West, and distant from London 182 Miles; South-Breeze; Rain most of the Day. Thermometer at Noon in the Shade, 62: and 14 Divisions colder each Night, than the following Day, at an Average of five Years. Barometer, below Much Rain, viz. at 28 Inches 9⁄10ths.
Wednesday the 7th:
Violent Squalls from South and South-West, with hazy Air, till half past IV in the Afternoon. Thermom. 58; Barom. Changeable, viz. 291⁄2.
Thursday the 8th, which was the Day of the Excursion: