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Description of Bench Marks 52 



Bench Mark No. 1 52 



Bench Mark No. 2 52 



Bench Mark No. 3 52 



Tides at Nassau 53 



Tide Record 53 



First Reduction 73 



Harmonic Constants 90 



Recapitulation 94 



Annual Variation in Mean Sea Level at Nassau 95 



MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS IN THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. By Oliver L. 



Fassig, Ph. D 99 



Introduction 99 



Stations Occupied 99 



Nassau: Old Government House 100 



Hog Island, on the North Side of the Harbor of Nassau 100 



Nassau : Public Square 101 



Watlings Island, Cockburn Town 101 



Clarence Town, Clarence Harbor, Long Island 102 



HoPETOWN, Elbow Cay, Abaco 102 



Earlier Values of Magnetic Elements at Stations in the Bahajias. 102 



Results of Magnetic Observations made by the Bahama Expedition 



OF THE Geographical Society of Baltimore in 1903 103 



Directions for the Magnetic Work of the Bahama Expedition 104 



Astronomical Observations ■ 104 



Magnetic Declination Observations 105 



With compass needle belonging to Dip Circle 56/4440 105 



With compass needle of Theodolite 106 



Dip Observations 106 



Relative Intensity and Dip Observations 107 



Miscellaneous Information 108 



General Information 108 



CLIMATE OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. By Oliver L. Fassig, Ph. D Ill 



Introduction HI 



Climate as a Whole 112 



Temperature 113 



Absolute Extremes of Temperature at Nassau 114 



