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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF 



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Meteorological Observations taken at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 during the Month of August 1891. 



Distance from Sea, 1 mile. Height of Cisteru of Barometer above Mean Sea-level, 

 71 '5 feet. Hour of Observation, 9 a.m. 



Barometer.— Highest Reading, on the 30th, =29-911. Lowest Reading, on the 

 26th,=28-898. Difference, or Monthly Range, =1-013. Mean=29-590. • 



S. R. Thermometers. — Highest Readings, on the 19th and 20th, = 69°-9. Lowest 

 Reading, on the 29th,=40'-l. Difference, or Monthly Range, =29°-8. Mean of 

 all the Highest = 64°-1. Mean of all the Lowest = 50°-6. Difference, or Mean Daily 

 Range, = ]3'-5. Mean Temjierature of Month = 57''-3. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = .57°-8. Mean of Wet Bulb=54''-6. 



Rainfall. — Number of Days on which Rain fell = 26. Amount of Fall, in inches, 



A. D. RICHARDSON, 



Observer. 



