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shire ; and at Tool, on the 13th July 1753, at 6 p m., of a similar size,—Montimiot
and Tressan. At Utrecht, in 1736, they fell in size like pigeons’ eggs.—Musschen-
brock ; and in 1768, at Paris, of great magnitude. In 1784, hail fell among the
Pyrenees, weighing 23 ounces. On 5tli June 1784, about 2 p m., at Selborne
hail was found measuringS inches in circumference ; the air was strongly electric*
and rain fell in such a torrent as to move stones weighing 2 cwts ; the storm
extended two miles in length and one in breadth. On August 19, 1787, at mid
night, hail weighing 9 oz. fell by the Lake Como,—Yolta. On the 4th Mav 1797
in Hertfordshire , one was seen measuring 14 inches in circumference. A mass
of ice of enormous magnitude fell in 1803 in Hungary. Hail as large as walnuts
fell on the 8 th February 1801, upon the British fleet in Mannorice Bay, in
Asiatic Turkey. Masses of ice, having a perimeter of 3 to 9 inches, fell ou the
15th July 1808 in Gloucestershire,—Howard. A hailstone, measuring 6.5 inches in
diameter and cuboidal, fell near to Birmingham on the 8 th June 1811 ; it resem
bled a congeries of masses about the size of pigeons’ eggs, agglutinated too'ether.
The same year, Muncke weighed hailstones of 4 oz. troy, collected in Hanover.*
In August 1813, hailstones like eggs fell upon the British army in the pass of
Maya in the Pyrenees ; the storm lasted twenty minutes, but was not accompanied
by lightning or thunder. On June 4, 1814, hail from 13 to 15 inches diameter
fell in Ohio. In the summer of 1815, during a thunder-storm at Malvern in Wor
cestershire, hailstones fell as large as walnuts, and in some places to the depth of
several inches. In the Orkney Islands, on the 24th July 1818, during thunder a
very remarkable shower took place ; on that occasion they were gathered as
large as a goose-egg, mixed with large masses of ice. M. Delcross mentions
that spherical hailstones, measuring 15 inches in circumference, fell at B iconniere
on the 4th of July 1819. Matteucci mentions a hailstorm which overthrew walls
destroyed trees, and wounded cattle ; some of the hailstones weighed one pound
and a half, one as much as 14 pounds, and another forced the roof of the house
upon which it fell. In May 1821, they were met with of great size at Palestrina
in the Roman States. On the 7th of May 1822, hailstones fell at Bonn 1 5
inches diameter, weighing 300 grains ; men and animals were killed by them
Noggerath mentions that the masses had a concentric structure around an opaque
white nucleus, ;the layers increasing in translucency as they approached the
external surface ; they had a fine stellular fibrous arrangement from rows
of radiating air-vesicles. On the 9th of August 1828, pieces of ice, some of
which measured 3 inches long and 1 broad, fell at Horsley, Staffordshire.
On June 5, 1829,_ hailstones and large masses of ice fell at Cazorta in Spain the
largest pieces weighing above four pounds. On October 5 , 1831 , masses as large
as a goose-egg fell at Constantinople. On May 8 , 1832, an immense mass of
aggregated hailstones fell m Hungary, which measured about a yard in length
and nearly two-thirds of that in depth ; the same year, on August 13, very la°rge
hail fell on the Nile, weighing from 3 to 16 troy ounces. In June 1835 hail
measuring fully 3 inches m circumference, fell from a dense cloud during a
thunder-storm near to Ldinburgh : they were bluish, elongated, and when broken
Anm ,"! 6 ! 11 isTfi nS J° merated a ,PP, earance the y feI1 about 18 inches apart. On
August], 1846 durmg one ol the most appalling thunder-storms on record, hail
weighing from 1 oz. to 2 oz. avoird. fell in London, destroying a vast amount of
property,—Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hall, and numerous other build-
^?5 OCkT Turing the f , loss , sustained b y gardeners alone, was estimated at
« 1 f’uw i Durl PS a terrific thunder-storm on the 4th of February 1847 m Xaw
South Wales, hailstones of enormous magnitude fell abundantly • they were from
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St Berlin^ and oa the 18th S «‘r ye “ r ’ very lar ='“ hailstones fell
Deriin , ana on the 18th July, at Leipsic, killing many of the feathered tribe.”