238 Meteorological Observations fur January 1832. 



LUNAR OCCULTATIONS FOU BIARCH. 



OccuUations of Planets and fixed Stars by the Moon, in March 

 1832. Computed for Greenwich, by Thomas Henderson, £55'. ; 

 and circulated by the Astronomical Society. 



* Emersion in or under horizon. 



METEOROLOGICAt, OBSERVATIONS FOR JANUARY 1832. 



Gosport : — Numerical Results for the Month. 



Barom.Max.30-513.Jan.l6. WindS.E.— Min.29-331. Jan.7. WindS.E. 

 Range of the mercury 1'182. 



Mean barometrical pressure for the month 30-008 



Spaces described by the rising and falling of the mercury 5-241 



Greatest variation in 24 hours 0-542. — Number of changes 15. 

 Therm. Max. 52°. Jan. 10. Wind S.W.— Min. 28°. Jan. 1. Wind N.E. 

 Range 24°.— Mean temp, of exter. air 40°-79. For 30 days with inVJ 39-58 

 Max. var. in 24 hours 13°-00.— Mean temp, of spring water at 8 A.M. 50-50 



De Luc's Whalebone Hygrometer. 



Greatest humidity of the atmosphere, in li;o evening of the 9th 93° 



Greatest dryness of the atmosphere, in the afternoon of the 14th ... 64-0 



Range of the index 29-0 



Mean at 2 P.M. 79°-9.— Mean at 8 A.M. 84°8.— Mean at 8 P.M. 84-2 



of three obsei-vations each day at 8, 2, and 8 o'clock 83-0 



Evaporation for the month 0-65 inch. 



Rain in the pluviameter near the ground 0-710 inches. 



Prevailing winds, North-east and South. 



Summary of the Weather. 

 A clear sky, 3; fine, with various modifications of clouds, 9; an over- 

 cast sky without rain, 16; rain, 3.— Total 31 days. 



Clouds. 



