made at Bermuda in 1836. 



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Summary of the Observations of the Quarter ending 

 the 30th of September. 



f30-090 



Mean height corrected < 30*042 



[30-070 



Greatest height . . 

 Least 



30-067 at sixty 

 above the sea. 



. 30'388 

 . 29-620 



feet 



Greatest Oscillation 



•768 



Mean temperature, 76°*73, about 2° lower than 1835 ac- 

 cording to reports. Rain in thirty-four days; quantity in 

 August and September, 10*15 inches. 



Windy fifty-three days from the western side of the com- 

 pass. Greatest heat in July and part of August, about 4 p.m. ; 

 afterwards somewhat below that time. 



Dew point generally highest about 3 p.m. to 4. 



Barometer used, Neuman's portable, with iron cistern ; the 

 attached thermometer being in the mercury. 



Thermometer made also by Neuman; one brought as a 

 standard. Dew point taken by using a cooling mixture in a 

 copper gilt cup. Winds taken at sunrise, noon, and sunset, 

 from the signal stations ; these very variable, changing often 

 from 9 to 11 a.m. 



Observations on the 21 st of September, 1836, with reference to 

 the suggestion of Sir John Herschel. 



