Miscellanies. 



195 



cury in the cistern — the bottom of which is of leather — and in not 

 having a neutral point marked upon it. The bulb of the wet ther- 

 mometer was covered with cambric, and previously to each observa- 

 tion dipped into water. 



While, therefore, the results exhibited in the following table, may 

 not be rigidly correct, it is hoped that the publication of them may 

 be the means of spreading information, and of inducing others to 

 lend their assistance on the specified days to the collection of materi- 

 als, which will tend to advance a knowledge of the science of the 

 weather, so highly important to the seaman and the farmer, and in- 

 deed to every class of the community. 



The form of the following table, with the exception of a column 

 for rain, which is omitted, as none fell within the period embraced in 

 the observations, is copied from that employed in recording the obser- 

 vations taken on those days, under the direction of the Royal Soci- 

 ety of London, of which those for June and September last, have 

 been published in the London Athenaeum. 



Hours of 

 observa- 

 tion. 



Baromet'r 



cor- 

 , rected. 



o 



Is 



o 





• 



s 

 s.w. 



6 A. M. 



29 759 



J34. 



36. 33. 



7 " 



29 739 



34. 



37. 



33. 



li 



8 " 



29 739 



34. 



36. 



33. I 



<i 



9 " 



29 746 35. 



36. 



34. 



tt 



10 •" 



29 751 37. 



3825 37. 



u 



11 " 



29 744)40. 



39. 38. 



tt 



12 " 



29 733 



40.50 



40. 



37. 



tt 



1 P. M. 



29 719 



42. 



42. 



39. 



tt 



2 " 



29 719 



42. 



42. 



39. 



it 



3 " 



29 734 



40.25 



41. 



38. 



tt 



4 " 



29 741 



37. 



38. 



35. 



tt 



5 « 



29 719 34. 



35. 



33. 



a 



6 " 



29 734 32. 



33. . 



31. 



tt 



7 " 



29 739 30. 



32. 



29. 



U 



8 " 



29 72 1 29. 



30. 



29. 



II 



9 " 



29 714 



28. 



29.50 28. 



ii 



10 " 



29 706 



27. 



28. 



25. 



a 



11 " 



29 706 



27. 



28. 



25. 



a 



12 " 



29 706 27. 



29. 



25. 



a 



1 A. M. 



29 712 25. 



26. 



25. 



a 



2 " 



29 702 



25. 



26. 



23. 



a 



3 " 



29 702 25. 



27. 



25. 



tt 



4 " 



29 702 25. 



26. 



23. 



cc 



5 " 



29 707 



23. 



26. 



19. 



tt 



6 " 



29 712 



21. 



25. 



19. 



tt 



7 " 



29 712 



21. 



23. 



18.75 



N.E. 



8 " 



29 726 



'3.50 



24.50 19. 



a 



9 " 



29 751 



25.50 



26. 22.50 

 27.50 24. 



NNE. 



10 " 



29 755 



27.50 



u 



II " 



29 769 



30. 



29. 



24.50 



NNW. 



12 " 



29 745 



31.50 



31. 



26. 



tt 



1 P. M. 



29 735 



31.50 



750. 



0£^ 



u 



2 " 



29 736 



31. 



31. 



25.* 



tt 



3 " 



29 751 



29. 



29. 



24. 



a 



4 " 



29 759! 26. 



27.25 



24. 



tt 



5 " 



29 81225. 



24. 



19. 



tt 



6 " 



29 816 



23.50 



•24 50 



19.50 



tt 



Mean. 



29 734 



30.23:31.15! 



127.72 



1 



i 



Remarks. 



thick clouds — 



clouds breaking and moving N 



Overcast- 



M 



Haze, 



M 



Fog rising — clouds moving NE. 

 Fine — light cirrous clouds. 



upper clouds moving E. 



cloudless. 



wind very light 

 do. do. 



tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 



upper clouds moving NE. 



TIaze, 



Thick fog, 



Haze, 



Fine, and cloudless. 



Thick fog, 



a ii 



it tt 



Fine- 



U 



tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 it 

 a 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 it 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 it 



-light stratus clouds in horizon, 



44 41 44 tt %t 



cloudless, 



it 



It 



stralus clouds in horizon, 



fog over river, 



mottled cirro-stratus clouds moving NE. 



light clouds moving E. 



t( U " u 



tt 



u 



a 



thin cirro-stratus clouds moving NE. 

 Cloudy — cirro-stratus, and cirro-cumulus clouds, 



Slightly overcast, 



u 



tt 



ft 



El 

 ft 



ft 

 tt 



fC 



tt 



tt 



ii 

 tt 

 ti 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 

 II 

 tt 

 it 

 it 

 ti 

 ti 

 tt 



it 

 tt 



ti 

 tt 



it 

 tt 

 tt 

 tt 



tt 

 tt 

 it 



Height of cistern of barometer ahove low water mark j 

 of Hudson River at Albany, 148 feet, 4.44 inches. 



