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MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Miscellaneous. — Minimum, 79.2. Minimum at ground, 78.9. Maximum, 85.5 (moditied by the eclipse). 

 Showers 8.00-9.00 and 9.15-9.25 a. m., giving 0.10 inch. 



MAY 7, 1883. 



Miscellaneous. — Minimum, 77.7. Maximum, 87.0. 



Rained <at intervals in night and betweeu 7.00 and 9.00 a. m., giving 0.25 inch. 



MAY 8, 1883. 



Miscellaneotis. — Minimum, 79.9. Minimum at ground, 80.2. Maximum, 86.4. 

 Several showers between 7.00 and 12.00 a. m. ; inappreciable. 



