METEOEOLOGICAL EEPORT FOR 1858. 



BY J. E. SMITH, ESQ. 



All the instruments of tlie Society are in good order and preser- 

 vation. To those already in our possession, the following have 

 'been added : — 



1. A Black-bulb Maximum Thermometer. 



2. Llinimum Spirit Thermometer, for terrestrial radiation on 

 the grass. 



3. Lind's Anemometer for ascertaining the force of the wind, 



4. Dr. Moffat's Ozone papers, and wooden box for suspending 

 them. 



I have also had a Eiver Guage painted on the wall of the Infirmary 

 lawn, to show the rise of the Wye at periods of flood; and a 

 Weathercock fixed on the top of the building. 



The Record of Observations has been kept with tolerable regu- 

 larity throughout the year, and the monthly summaries, with the 

 deductions from them, accompany this report. 



Several interesting Meteorological phenomena h.a.ve, occurred 

 during the past year. 



A Total Eclipse of the Sun happened on the 15th of March, and 

 in compliance with a request from the Meteorological Society, which 

 I lay before you, I made observations every five minutes during the 

 eclipse, and sent the results to the secretary, Mr. Glaisher. The 

 clouded state of the atmosphere, both here and at most other 

 stations, prevented these observations from being so useful as they 

 otherwise might have been. The collected results of observers at 

 various stations have been published by the Meteorological Society, 

 and a copy forwarded me by the Secretary, which I lay before you. 



