METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



From the 1st to the lofn August, 1877, inclusive. 



Eecorcled flaily at Hobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. 33m 

 p.m., simultaneously with registration made at 7h. sr.m. 

 a.m., at AVashinffton, Unite! States, in pursuance of a pro- 

 position of the late Vienna Congress, for a system of Inter- 

 national .Synclironous Observations. 



Privcite Ob.ser\'atory, Holjart Town. 



Lat. 42^ 52' 13" S. Lon?. 9h. 49m. 29-2.-^. E. 



(Ber/istered for the Royal Socictjj, Tccsmania. ) 



•^ 



The, 



icUrs\ I Wind. Cloud. 





o IT •; j -"^ 



f| i 







Weather. 



Ill 



l' 29 825 49-0 i 9-5 



S i -251 7-0 



2 29-710 570 lU'O: 83'NWl "52 So 

 I I ' i ^ i 



N£ -52 4-0 



3 29-930 -10 -0 \ 8-0 79 



I ! I I 



4 29-535 43 ; GO 1X)0 



•26 10 



5 30-010 43-0 j 6-5 i 86!N"\v| '52' 4-0 



KN 

 KN 



K 



X 



K 



In. 



6 20-810 14 G-s! S6'NW,15-62 GO K^^ 



7 30-240 39-5 4-0 



8 29-610 53 -5 ,12 



j : I 



9 29-810 50 ;10-0 



I 



10 29-510 43-0 6-0 



861 — 

 I 



•26 7 

 •52 5-0 



SS; N i 2-60 7-0 



87 



NW 



52-0 50 



Sky thick 

 and hazy 



•03 Cloudy, stars 

 j faint 



•05 Starlight 



iContiniies 

 j raiu 



•95; Starlight 



•20 Strong wind 

 all day 



•06 Few stars in 

 the zenith 



Stars in the 

 zenith 



Few stars in 

 the zenith 



Stars in the 

 zenith 



11 29-710 .:.2 iro SlXWi -52 7 KN; "27 Faint stars 



in ditto 



Wind k raiu 

 alternate 



Stars in the 

 zenith 



12 29-840 50-n lO'O 881 W ! •26 lO'O KN 



I , : j i 



13 29^735 50->) 



I I 



14 29-610 44-5 



I 



15 29,710 '43-5 ' 6-5J 85'nW 



10 841 XW 



I I 

 7-0^ 87 NW 



•52 7-0 K 



I j 



•52' 8^5| K 



•26 70 K 



•38 



•34 



Heavy 



clouds 



Star and 



clouds 



Francis Abbott, F.R.A.S., etc., Observer. 



in?'?o~'^^® ^^™® ^^ registration at Hobart Town, 

 lOli. 33ra. p.m., being after dark, renders it impossible 

 to make the wind and cloud records more than ap- 

 proximately correct. The rainfall is measured at 

 7h. 30m. a.m. local time. 

 Force and speed of the X. W. ^^dnd on the 6th August •— 

 Force from 16 to 20 lbs. per square foot. 

 Speed from .jG'568 to 63-245 miles per hour 



