JUN 2 1880 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



EOYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY 



SESSION CXXVII. 



Wednesday, 17th November 1897. — Professor J. Struthers, 

 M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



The President delivered the opening address, entitled 

 '' Kudimentary Structures and their Meaning, in Man and 

 in certain Animals." 



The publication of tliis address is unavoidably postponed. 



I. Bestdts of Meteorological Observations taken in Edin- 

 hurgh during 1897. By R. C. Mobsman, F.R.S.E., 

 RR.Met.Soc' 



(Read 19th January 1898. Published 4th April 1898.) 



The data discussed in this paper are deduced from eye- 

 observations of the standard instruments read daily at 9 A.M. 

 and 9 p.m. Automatic methods of registration yield con- 

 tinuous traces of the fluctuations in pressure, temperature, 

 humidity, rain, and sunshine. It is with much regret that 

 I find myself still unable to cope with the task of reducing 

 these records. Hourly values of sunshine have been tabu- 

 lated, but the preparation of similar values for the other 

 elements was found on trial to be impracticable. The 



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