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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 153, 3 July 1867, Page 2

"What is ah Inch of Rain ? — The last weekly return of the Register- General gives the following interesting information in respect to rain fall in London. The rain fall during last week varied from 30 tons per, acre in .Edinburgh to 215 tons per acre in Grlascow. "An English acre of „ 6,272,640 square inches; and an inch deep of rain on an acre yields 6,272,640 cubic v inches of water, which at 277*274 cubic • inches to ; the gallon, makes 22,622*5 ;• gallons: and as a gallon of distilled water v weighs ?101b., the rainfall on an acre is ; ;^: 226,2251b -avoirdupois; but 2,2401b area "ton and; consequently an inch deep of rain :' ■£ weighs 100 993 tons, or nearly 101 tons '■:■ ,: per acre. Ppr "every 100th of an inch a ■ f ton of.water falls, per acre." If any agri- ;. ■ ~;V;, feultiwalisi; :were to : try the experiment of ; i0 that which nature ||:^o/;jbb^tifu3ly/. supplies, , ; he would soon |#; feel;niclin^d ; to 'Test and be hankful."