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TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 13 
Meteorological Observations. By Capt. W. W. CHILDERS. 
Taste A.—Meteorological Observations, Saint Helier, Jersey, deduced from Hourly 
Observations taken by William Walbanke Childers, late Captain in the 42nd Royal 
Highlanders, assisted by Mr. John B. Le Roy, Optician; from the Mean of four 
barometers and three thermometers. The extremes noted by a perpendicular Self- 
Registering Thermometer eighty-five feet above the mean level of the sea. Soil 
gravelly clay. Latitude 49° 11’ N., Longitude 2°06’ W. 
Height of Thermometer Daily prevailing Wind. Barometer. 
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inches. inches.| inches.| inches, 
52|50/49/48)45| 4¢ g| 2] 4| 5] 3\..}..| 2] 30 | 29°65 | 30°15 | 28°30 | 29°40 
39|41)40139|39|36) 39°0|49|24| 36°5| 4}15| 4] 5)..]..)..]..|..| 3] 31 | 29°65 | 30°05 | 28°65 | 29°35 
42|44)49/41/41|39] 41°5|/49|32] 40°5| 3] 3] 3) 5] 1} 7] 3] 3] 1) 2] 31 | 20°55 | 30°00 | 98°60 | 29°30 
38]41/38/38/38/35| 38°5|49|26] 37°5| 2/19] 1] 2! 1] Q)..| 4] 2| 2) 28 | 29°60 | 30°25 | 29°35 | 29-80 
39]42)39|38/36/35| 38°0|55|25] 40°0| 5]12]..|..| 2] 3] 2} 1) 5) 1) 31 | 29°65 | 30°35 | 29°05 | 29°70 
46}44| 49°0}65|39] 52°0| 1|12/..] 4!..] 4] 4) 3] 2)..) 30 | 20°45 | 29°90 | 28°65 | 29°95 
49|46| 51°7|70/41| 56°0) 5} 6)..) 1] 1} 4] 2} 8] 4)..}) 31 | 29°70 | 30°30 | 29°25 | 29°75 
56/54] 60°0|77/40| 58°5) 2) 6} 1) 2) 1] 4] 8} 5] 1)..] 30 | 29°90 | 30°45 | 29°30 | 29:90 
57|55| 61°0/79|48} 63°5)..}..| 6) 5]..|10) 4} 4] 2)..} 31 | 29°70 | 29°90 | 29°30 | 29°60 
58|56/54| 59°5|69|43| 56°0) 3] 2) 1) 2)..| 4/11} 8). 31 | 29°70 | 30°20 | 28-90 | 29°55 
56/55/53] 58°0|72/44] 58°0)..|11) 1) 2]..| 8} 5} 2} 1)..) 30 | 29°60 | 30°00 | 29:00 | 29:50 
55|58/54/52/51|40| 53°5/68/41| 54°5| 2] 6] 1| 7) 1] 3) 5} 3) 1] 2] 31 | 29°90 | 30°35 | 29°05 | 29°70 
51/54151/49|48)45| 50°0|79|24| 51°5/31187/26|37/11|54|47/41\19]12|365 | 29°65 | 30°45 | 28°30 | 29°35 
50)54/51/49|48/46} 49°5/58/37] 47°5). . 
'46)40147|46)45/43] 46°0|56)31]43°5) 1) 1|.. 
45]49]45|45|44/43] 45'0/54|32/ 43°0|.. 
46/48]46/45]44)43) 45°0/57|31| 44°0} 2) 5 
'46|50|47/45144|42! 45°5|54|/32/ 43'0) 2) 3}.. 
50/53/51/48/47|44) 49°0/59/34) 46°5| 2) 5 
Taste B.—Meteorological Observations, Saint Helier, Jersey, taken by Captain 
William Walbanke Childers, for the year 1846, with a Comparative Table ot’ the 
difference in Temperature between that place and the Horticultural Gardens at 
Chiswick, as reported in the Gardeners’ Chronicle. St. Helier, 49° 11! N. Chis- 
wick Gardens, 51° 20'N. 
Comparative Table. 
‘Thermometrical Observations. Direction of Wind. a eee eee 
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Jan, |45/49/45/45/44/43 45-0|5al32 43:0)... al vAe 5] 1 5| 31 {56/21 44-3|— 21401 +07 
Feb. |46/48/46)45/44/43) 45°0/57/31| 44°0/ 2] 5) 1) 8]. 3) 5 1} 28 |64/24| 40°2!|— 7/+ 8] +4'8 
Mar, |46/50|47/45|44/49] 45°5/54|32/ 43°0/ 2] 3}..| 7]... peyl3 31 (62/20] 43'°4)— 8}-+12) +2°1 
Apr. {50 salsilssla7|44 49°0|59|34| 46°5| 2 |. 5]..] 9}... 217 30 |65/29|47°8)  G/+ 5) +12 
May { Giga ere ae a 13] 2} 5]. 2] 1 31 |g1/34] 52°3 
June 68|73\70|68|65 63 68°0)80]57} 68°5]..|15)..] 2).. ++|--| 2} 1] 30 93/43] 70°0}—13/+14] —2°0 |. 
July |66)69|68|65)\62'59) 65°0/81\49| 65°0}..|..) 4) 5).. 3}... | 2)..| 31 |92/44) 66°4)—11/4+ 5} —1°4 
Aug, 65\6a\66\63|61150 63°8/79] 2] 65°5|..| 8} 1] 1] 1 1} 6} 2] 1] 31 (92/44) 61°6}—13/+ 8] +22 
Sept. |63/67/64/61 sols8 62°0|74|50} 620}, . |16]..} 1).. 4} 1) 3} 2} 30 |78)40| 60°0}— 4)+10| +2°0 
Oct, {54}57|55/53/52/50) 53°8/64/41) 52°5}..} 4/ 1] 2) 1 6] 3} 4] 1] 31 |67\29] 49°5|— 3)+12| +3°0 
Noy. |47/49|48)46/46/44] 46'3/61/31| 46°0}..|10] 1] 7) 1 1} 1] 1} 30 |61/16| 39°4)+ 0)/+15] +8°0 
Dec. |31/49/39/38|38/35] 38°5/50)25 |37°5| 1116)..|..|.. 1] 7} 1)..{ 31 44/11] 31°0)+ 6]+14) +6°5 
Aver. |53|57|55)52/51/49| 53'0/61/25 |52°5| 7/95/10|54| 3/107 |27|35\15|13/365 g3\11| 51°6|—19|-+14 +1'0 
