118 Mr, J. Glaisher's Remarks on the Weather 



daily motion of 1 10 miles ; it was north-east from November 1 8 

 to November 30 ; its motion was about 60 miles daily ; it was 

 then north-east and south-east till December 14, with a daily 

 motion of 100 miles; and it was after this south-west and 

 north-west till the end of the year, passing on the average at 

 the rate of 130 miles daily. 



The daily horizontal movement of the air in October and 

 November was 95 miles, and in December it was 110 miles. 



During the whole of last quarter an observation at 9^ a.m. 

 Greenwich time has been taken daily at many of the railway 

 stations by the station-masters, and forwarded to London free 

 of expense by the several railway companies, and published 

 on the following day in the ' Daily News,' the proprietors of 

 which paper have incurred the expense of collecting the several 

 returns from the London railway termini and printing them. 

 The several stations for observation were selected by the 

 Astronomer Royal. I visited every station before observations 

 were made, fixed a compass-card, and remained at the station 

 till I felt certain the observations would be made with accu- 

 racy. It is evident that much valuable information may be 

 obtained by these means, with reference to the extent and 

 passage of storms over the country, the extent of sky covered 

 by cloud, and the extent of country over which any particular 

 weather prevails. 



With the full set of meteorological instruments possessed by 

 the regular observers, who furnish the observations for the 

 Quarterly Meteorological Reports, many of whom have pro- 

 mised co-operation with the above system, by taking a similar 

 set of observations at the same time, whereby other simulta- 

 neous meteorological particulars not included in the daily 

 returns will be supplied, I hope in the course of this year to 

 increase the number of stations by the addition of some in 

 Ireland. At all times, I should hope, that on the course of 

 storms being indicated, gentlemen resident in their apparent 

 course before reaching this country, and after leaving it, will 

 supply the wanting particulars, so as to help to trace it from 

 its source to its termination. 



The stations included in the returns to the ^ Daily News' 

 extend from Plymouth to the south, to Dundee to the north, 

 to Holyhead to the west, and to Yarmouth to the east. 



Daily I lay all the particulars as published on a map, from 

 which I extract the following : — 



