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The dry and wet bulb, maximum and minimum thermometers 

 are exposed out of the north window of an unheated one-story wing 

 of Mr, Tate's house. The sides of the shelter are the window 

 blinds, which are secured in a position at right angles to the wall 

 of the house by a wide board forming the top of the shelter. The 

 thermometers are 9 feet above the ground, and facing outward, 

 are reached by steps. The front of the shelter is open, while a 

 wide board at the bottom cuts off radiation from the ground. 



The rain-gauge is about 40 feet northwest of the house. There 

 are no trees or other obstructions to a free air circulation in its 

 vicinity. The top of the gauge is 26 inches above the ground. 



EASTERN PLATEAU — BROOME COUNTY. 



Station, Binghamton — Superintendent of State Hospital; 



Mr. J. J. Eastman, Observer. 



Established (by bignal Service) October, 1889; latitude, 42 deg. 07 mln. north; longitude, 

 75 deg. Bo min. west; elevation, 870 feet. 



The instruments are located on the grounds of the pumping sta- 

 tion of the State hospital water- works, on the northern bank of the 

 , Susquehanna river. North of the station the ground rises ab- 

 ruptly to the hospital ground's, over 200 feet above, and beyond 

 the hospital the ground continues to rise to a much greater eleva- 

 tion. The station is at the outskirts of the city of Binghamton, 

 which lies on the broad plain toward the south and west. 



The dry bulb and maximum and minimum thermometers are 

 exposed in a louvred shelter, built after the signal senice specifi- 

 cations, and is supported at the height of 12 feet from the 

 ground on a skeleton platform. It is 90 feet west of the pumping 

 station, 100 feet north of the river bank, and about 30 feet above 

 mean water level of the river. 



The rain-gauge is 90 feet west of the water-woirks, and there are 

 no obstructions nearer than this to interfere with a free air circu- 

 lation. The top of the gauge is 8 feet above the ground. 



