PROVISIONAL REPORTS AND NOTICES. 207 



Letter from Dr. Lamont of Munich to Col. Sabine on the System of 

 Meteorological and Magnetical Observations on the Continent. 



Munich, June 12, 1842. 

 My dear Sir, — My time has been so entirely taken up with magnetic expe- 

 riments and the usual business of the observatory, that I am sorry to say I have 

 been unable to draw up the report I intended to lay before the Council of the 

 British Association on the system of meteorological and magnetical observations 

 lately commenced on the Continent. I therefore request you, merely for the 

 present, to mention, that the system in general is the same as that of the "So- 

 cietas Palatina" instituted at Manheim in 1780. At the most part of our 

 stations only the meteorological instruments are observed ; at the principal 

 places magnetic observations are also made three or four times a day. The 

 results are given in the ' Annalen fur Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus,' 

 published by Prof. Grunert of Greifswald, Prof. Roller of Kremsmunster, 

 Prof. Kreil of Prague, Prof. Plieninger of Stuttgard, Prof. Stieffel of Carl- 

 sruhe and myself. Prof. Grunert furnishes meteorological and magnetic 

 observations made by himself at Greifswald, and meteorological observations 

 made at five other stations in the North of Prussia. Prof. Kreil and Prof. 

 Koller send observations from Prague (magnetic term days), Kremsmunster 

 (magnetic and meteorological observations), Milan (magnetic observations), 

 Pavia, Venice, Lemberg, Ofen (meteorological observations). Prof. Plieninger 

 has superintended for many years the meteorological observations made in 

 Wurtemberg : the number of stations is eleven. The whole of these observa- 

 tions will now be published in the ' Annalen.' Prof. Stieffel communicates 

 the observations made by himself at Carlsruhe. Besides, he is now arrang- 

 ing meteorological observations at many other places in Baden ; twenty-five 

 of these places have been furnished with instruments from the observatory of 

 Munich. The observations in Bavaria are superintended by myself: the 

 system has already been mentioned at the meeting of the Association at Glas- 

 gow. A considerable addition has been made of late, the members of the 

 " Pfalzische Gesellschaft " in the Rhine province having joined us wi{h 

 twenty-three stations. Contributions for the ' Annalen ' (regular series of 

 meteorological or magnetic observations) have been promised by Prof. Kaiser 

 of Leyden, Prof, van Rees of Utrecht, Prof. Wenckebach of Breda, Prof. 

 Moebius of Leipzig, Prof. Reich of Freyburg (Saxony), Prof. Weisse of 

 Cracau, M. Becker of Cronberg (near Frankfurt), M. Voigt of Bensberg 

 (military school near Cologne), M. Littrow of Vienna, Prof. Kottinger of 

 Salzburg, Prof. Gintl of Gratz, M. Valz of Marseilles, M. Colla, Director of 

 the meteorological observatory of Parma. Communications may be expect- 

 ed (though I do not know at present to what extent) from Prof. Fournet at 

 Lyons, M. Amici at Florence, M. Capocci at Naples, M. Keserii, Director of 

 the Observatory of Carlsburg (near the Turkish frontier). In Greece, a mag- 

 netic station and several meteorological stations are shortly to be established. 

 A very extensive correspondence is carried on at present, and if the future 

 success is equal to the past, there is reason to expect that in a short time the 

 ' Annalen ' will present a regular and systematic meteorological account of 

 the vast tract between the Pyrenees and the Russian frontier. In communica- 

 ting this to the British Association, I must request you to mention that the 

 undertaking was commenced only seven months ago ; at the same time I beg to 

 express my regret that other avocations have prevented me from laying a full 

 report of our proceedings before the Association ; I hope, however, I shall be 

 able to do so at the next meeting. 



Lamont. 



