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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lviii. 



II. MeTEOEOLOGICAL ObSEEYATIONS TAKEN AT EOYAL BOTANIC 



Garden, Edinburgh, during the Month of December 1893. 



Distance from Sea, 1 mile. Height of Cistern of Barometer above Mean Sea-Level, 

 71'5 feet. Hour of Observation, 9 A-m. 



Barometer. — Highest Observed, on the 29th, = 30-500 inches. Lowest Observed, 

 on the 8th. = 28-514 inches. Difference, or Monthly Range. = 1-986 inch. Mean 

 = 29-638 inches. 



S. B. Thermometers. — Highest Observed, on the 16th, = .53°-8. Lowest Observed, 

 on the 2nd.=-21°-o. Difference, or Monthly Range, = 32° 3. Mean of all the 

 Highest = 4o°-9. Mean of all the Lowest = 35°-4. Difference, or Mean Daily 

 Range, = 10°-5. Mean Temperature of Month = 40°-6. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = 41-1. Mean of Wet Bnlb = SS^-G. 



Rainfall. — Number of Days on which Rain fell = 20. Amount of Fall = 2 -445 

 inches. Greatest Fall in 24' hours, on the 24th, = 0-530 inch. • 



. A. D. RICHARDSON, 

 Ohferrer. 



