TRANSACTIONS 



CLIFTON COLLEGE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



MEETING, Decembeh 5th, 1872. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The Sixtli greeting for the Term was held in the Physical T^ecture 

 Room, on Friday, December 5th. The President announced the 

 following donations : — Indian Shells from Miss Douglas, and Fossils 

 from himself. About forty-five ^lembers and Visitors were present. 



The Pi'esident then read a report on the Barometer and Ther- 

 mometer readings during the months of October and November, which 

 had been kept by E. M. Johnstcm ; he thanked .Johnston for the 

 trouble he had taken in keeping the record, and made some remarks 

 on the unusual lowness of the pressure. 



Abstract from the record : — 



Mean Temperature for the 3rd Term, 1872. 

 * Thermometers (in the Shade). 



* These obsei-vations were taken at 8.30 morning. The last column 

 indicates the mean temperature diu-ing the month at that houi-. 



