ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AT BLOEMFONTEIN. 267 



Date Max. Time of Barometric Time of 



Pot. RJax. Max. Max. Remarks 



Grad. 



Aug. 20 178 8.40a.m. 25.71 10 Cloudy, misty; 



rain fell at 

 some distance 

 away ; leaf 

 jumped to 

 maximum. 



„ 21 238 8.30 a.m. 25.72 10 Misty. 



„ 22 46 8.30 a.m. 25.66 10 N.-W. wind ; 



. dust at Tempe, 

 II p.m.; 175 

 negative. 



23 79 8.20 a.m. 25.64 10.30 



24 157 8.30 a.m. 25.53 10.30 I p.m. dust 



strong negative 

 charge. 



25 20 8.0 a.m. 25.55 II S.-E. wind. 



26 47 25.64 10 S.-E. wind, 12.30 



p.m., strong -|- 

 charge. 



^7 25.75 II _ 



28 271 8.35 a.m. 25.5 10 Mist reached 



College at 8.30. 



29 180 8.30 a.m. 25.71 10 



30 78 lo.o a.m,. 25.78 10 S.-E. wind, 11.30 



dust storm ; 



strong negative. 

 Sept. I 150 lO.o a.m. 26.0 9 Very misty. 



„ 2 400? 8.40 a.m. 25.95 9 Very misty. 



„ 3 400? 9.0 a.m. 28.54 8 Very misty. 



„ 4 82 8.10 a.m. 25.70 9 Mist over town, 



but not near 

 College. 



„ 5 45 7.50 a.m. 28.66 10 Thin cloud, no 



mist. 



„ 6 43 8.20 a.m. 25.83 1 1 9.0 dust storm, 



strong negative 

 charge. 



,, 7 82 7.50 a.m. 25.9 10 



„ 8 71 8.30 a.m. 25.85 10 



„ 9 146 9.0 a.m. 25.78 10 Misty and slight 



cloud. 



„ 10 72 9.0 a.m. 25.68 9 



„ II 38 8.0 a.m. 25.61 10 



„ 12 40 7.40 a.m. 25.9 II S.-E. wind, dust 



devil at a dis- 

 tance nearly O 

 at 8.0. 



„ 13 69 8.30 a.m. 25.96 II 



