HORARYOBSER^ATlONS OK THE BAROMETER, THERMOMETER, &c. 

 Iide at the Manse of the Parish of Abbey St. Bathan's, Berwickshire, Lat. 55o52' N. Lono-. 2 W 23' W. at 

 4 e height of about 450 feet above the sea, for the commencement of each hour per clock, beginning at 6 

 > clock in the morning of Monday the 21st December, and ending at 6 o'clock in the evening of Tuesday 

 • e 22d, thus extending over 36 hours, according- to the suggestion of Sir John Herschel.) By the Rev. 

 ihn Wallace. 



Remarks. 



33: 



sy 



29-843 

 29-831 



29-871 



36 



33 



29-869 



29-890 



29-890 

 29-900 

 29-903 

 29-914 

 29-925 



29 925 

 5 29-935 



N. W. 



N. W. 



N. W. 



N. W. 

 NWbyW 

 NWbyW 



W.byN 

 W.byN. 



W.byN, 

 W. 



29-951 



29-946 

 29-959 

 29-969 



29.987 



29-996 

 29-997 

 30.000 



29-997 



29-997 

 29-997 



30-006 



30.01 1 

 30017 

 30-031 



SW by W 

 SW byW 

 SW by W 



SWbyW 



SW by W 

 SW by W 

 SWbyW 



W. 



NWbyW 

 W.N.W. 



W. 



< Calm sky overcast ; a sprinkling of snow on the ground, recently 

 I fallen. 



j Gentle breeze ; clouds breaking in the S. E. qr. a little above the 

 I horizon : W. qr. lowering. 



C So calm below that the direction of the wind cannot be noted ; but 

 < the clouds in motion from N. E. The S. E. clear, the rest of the 

 (_ sky veiled with cirro-str. passing into nimbus. A slight shower. 

 S Very gentle breeze ; clouds still moving from N. E. Nimbus 

 t overspreading the sky with frequent showers. 

 Very gentle breeze ; sky nearly veiled by an upper stratum of cirro- 

 strat.; large black masses of cloud resembling cirrostratus passing 

 from north-eastward. 

 Gentle breeze ; the general character of the clouds the same as dur- 

 ing last hour. The clouds tending to break up, particularly in 

 the zenith. 

 J Gentle breeze ; sky completely overcast, but the general aspect of 

 I the clouds continues the same. 



f Gentle breeze ; the sky overspread with nimbus, drizzling rain ; the 

 I clouds continue to move from north-eastward, 

 f Breeze somewhat increased ; drizzling rain. Nimbus dissipating 

 I in zenith. 



f Gentle breeze ; tending to clear in S. W. and zenith. Nimbus 

 ^ passing into cirrostratus. 



C Gentle breeze ; an extensive bed of cirro-strat. formed in S.W. qr. ; 

 the rest of the heavens overspread with nimbus ; slight drizzling 

 [_ rain. The clouds by their motion still indicating a current from NE. 

 y Until P.M. (inclusively) the general aspect of the heavens and cha- 

 ( racter of the clouds remained the same as described for the pre- 



The same as four o'clock. [ceding hour. 



The same. 



The same. 



Gentle breeze ; with slight tendency to clear overhead. 



Calm ; sky again overcast, slight drizzle. 

 S Very gentle breeze, rain during a great part of the past hour ; now 

 I fair, with some tendency to clear overhead. 



$ Gentle breeze, sky overcast drizzling rain ; a lightness on the E. qr. 

 ^ of the horizon under a dense black cloud. 



( Gentle breeze ; clearing from the zenith towards the western qr. of 

 the horizon. The opposite quarter of the heavens still obscured 

 ' with heavy clouds. 



\ Calm, sky clear from the zenith westward to the horizon, but still 

 ^ hazy towards the N. E. 



\ So calm that direction of wind cannot be noted ; sky clear, except 

 I a haziness in S. E. 



C So calm that the direction of the wind cannot be noted ; a bed of 

 < cirrostratus forming on the horizon from northern towards eastern 

 {_ quarter, detached patches rising towards the zenith. 



Very gentle breeze, sky cloudless except on the S.E. qr. of horizon. 



The same as last hour. 



Breeze slightly increased ; otherwise the same as last two hours. 

 f Breeze still slightly increasing ; hoar frost on the ground, otherwise 

 £ the same. 



The mass of dense thick cloud in S. E. dissipating. Otherwise 



Gentle breeze and cloudless sky. [the same. 



The same as preceding hour. 

 S Too calm for noting the wind with certainty, but it appears to be 

 I shifting south-eastward ; cloudless sky. 



The same as preceding hour. 



A bed of cirrostrat. forming in N.W. horizon. Otherwise the same. 



Still very calm ; clouds a cirrocumulative appearance forming on 

 ^ tin- \ . horizon. Sky otherwise clear. 



I Gentle wind ; the cirrocumulative clouds continue to form on the 

 S N. horizon, and ;ire rising towards the zenith. 

 / I be same as last hour. 



{ Calm ; the sky obscured by the cirro. cloud* which, commencing 

 / from the \. horizon have gradually (pread over the bMvam, 



