13 DECEMBER 1946, Page 17

THE MOON AND THE WEATHER

S1R,—The experts frequently assure the ignorant countryman that he is wrong in relating weather conditions to the changes of the moon. A friend of mine notes that the two last eclipses of the moon produced the lowest possible recordings on the barograph. The eclipse of December 8th joins with the previous one in sending the barometer further down than at any other time during the intervening period. Can that be just

coincidence?—Faithfully yours, E. G. DAVIES. Milton Lilbourne Vicarage, Marlborough, Wilts.