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Page tower, 6.7 m. above the ground. In the winter much rough 



frost (Raureif ) forms also on the inside of the thermome- 

 ter shelter. 



The ombrometer is in front of the west side of the 



house, fairly favorably situated, without a Nipher funnel. 



See the yearly report of the Sonnblickverein from 1892 



on, especially Band XXVI/XXVII, 3-12: " Zur Meteor- 



ologie des Sonnblicks, von J. Hann." 



44 Gibraltar. Line 39; for 1800-1919, write 1900-1919, 



45 Gibraltar. Delete lines 7-10 ; see p. 46, line 19. 



45 Gibraltar. The following has been omitted from the rainfall 

 introduction: " Up to 191 2 the gage was in a fenced en- 

 closure, with thermograph screen and other instruments, 

 adjoining observatory building, but in 191 2 the rain gage 

 was fixed 46 ft. above Mean Sea Level on a sloping roof 

 of a bomb-proof shelter about 105 ft. south of observatory 

 building. I'he observatory itself is situated in an obsolete 

 bastion of the fortifications on the sea front, southwest 

 side of the Rock and 50 ft. above Mean Sea Level." 



49 Valencia. Line 24; for 1.2, write 2)-7- 



51 Berlin. The values of temperature from 1804 to 1816 are 



slightly too low. From 1873 to 1882 they are about 0.2° C. 

 too high, and in 1886 about 0.2° C. too low. 



52 Berlin. Height of the thermometers: am Schluss hinter 27.5 m. 



einzuftigen (thermometer in shelter). 



52 Frankfurt a. Main. Height of the thermometers : From 



February i, 1899, to December, 1913, it was 2 m., from 

 January i, 1914, to December, 1920, it was 27 m. 



53 Potsdam, insert: — Pressure: the values i893-i<)00 are 0.5 mm. 



too low (not corrected to gravity at 45° Lat.). 



54 Hvar (Lesina.) Jugoslavia. The station is located on a bay 



on an island of the same name, on a gentle slope directed 

 toward the SSW. Toward the .sea are some low lying 

 islands, 'i'oward the interior the island rises to an eleva- 

 tion of about 300 m. The height of the barometer above 

 sea level was 20 m. 



The psychrometer in 1908 was on the NE side of the 

 ob.server's house in a sheet-metal screen placed aljout 4 m. 

 above the ground. When the screen was heated by the 

 sun's rays, a reserve thermometer on the NW wall was 

 read. The earlier exposiu'e is not known. 



