672 



SCOTLAND. 



Statistics. We consider these results, even the corrected ones, 

 V^^-**/ as all too high, for reasons which have been explained 

 On theCli- in the Edinburgh Transactions, vol. ix. p. 209- 



mate of The following observations were made by Messrs. 



Scotland. Miller and Adie, opticians, in Merchant Court, about 

 Edinburgh. Q 3Q feet a b ove the level of the sea. 



that of the maximum, cannot give the mean tempera- Statistics. 

 tureofthe day. By applying, however, a correction i ^ 

 of 1.008, we obtain the following results: 



Mean temperature at Gordon Castle for 

 thirty-eight years, at 8 h A.M. and 

 3 h P.M. . . 



Correction .... 



On the Cli- 



mate of 

 Scotland. 



1795 

 1796 

 1797 



Mean Temperature. 



. 45902 



. 46 432 



46355 



47 337 

 1 008 



46 329 



Gordon 

 Castle. 



Mean of three years 46 230 



A series of very excellent observations have been 

 made at Gordon Castle, the seat of his Grace the Duke 

 of Gordon, from 1782 to 1819. The observations were 

 made at 8 h A. M. and3 h P. M. two hours, one of which 

 being very nearly the time of the mean, and the other 



Corrected mean temperature 



The latitude of Gordon Castle is 57 38', and the 

 height of the thermometer 80 feet above the sea. 



A regular meteorological register has been kept at Kinfauns 

 Kinfauns Castle, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Gray, Castle, 

 since the year 1813, of which the following are the 

 results : From 1813 till 1820 inclusive, a correction 

 of -j- 1 1 1 is applied, as the mean of 8 h A. M. and 

 10 h P. M. is less by this quantity than the mean 

 temperature of the day; and from 1821 to 1825, a cor- 

 rection of 12. 



Mean of 



Mean Temp. Mean Temp, corrected. Six's Therm. 



1813 Mean of 8 h A.M. and 10 h P. M. 44 96 46 07 \ not ob- 



1814 43 69 44 80 $ served. 



1815 45 27 46 38 46 46 



1816 43 10 44 21 44 65 



1817 ...... 44 65 45 76 46 75 



1818 45 01 46 22 47 74 



1819 . . . . . 45 27 46 38 47 22 



1820 ...... 45 02 46 13 46 74 



1821 Mean of 10 h A.M. and !O h P.M. 47 27 47 39 47 98 



1822 47 84 47 96 48 61 



1823 . . . . . . 45 49 45 61 46 01 



1824 47 03 47 05 47 80 



1825 . . . . . . 48 32 48 44 49 50 



Mean of thirteen years' observations 45 6l 46 35 47 22 



Leadhillt;. 



The following table shows the mean temperature 

 at Leadhills, in Lat. 55 25', from 1811 to 1820, the 

 thermometer having been observed at six in the morn- 

 ing, and one in the afternoon. These hours give a 

 mean approaching very nearly to the mean tempera- 

 ture of the day. This mean requires a correction of 

 only o 12. 



1811 Mean temperature, . 42 25' 



1812 . . . 42 46 



1813 . . .44 25 



1814 . .42 83 



1815 . . . 44 42 



1816 . .42 92 



1817 . . . 44 29 



1818 . . .45 83 



1819 . .44 54 



1820 44 42 



Mean often yeais, 

 Correction, 



43 82 

 12 



43 70 

 Add for 1280 feet above the sea, + 1 95 



Mean temperature reduced to the level 

 of the sea, ... 45 65 



A regular meteorological register has been kept by 

 Mr. Murdoch with great accuracy, since 1822, at 



Huntly Lodge, the seat of the Marquis of Huntly, by Huntly 

 means of very nice instruments made by Mr. Adie. Lodge. 

 The following are the mean temperatures from 1821 

 to 1824 inclusive : 



1821 . . . 45 64 



1822 . . . 46 96 



1823 . . 44 57 



1824 . . . 46 54 



Mean of four years, 45 93 



Huntly Lodge is situated in North Lat. 57 24' and 

 in West Long. 2 57', and 440 feet above the level of 

 the sea. 



About the year 1 820, the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

 requested various intelligent individuals to keep regis- 

 ters of the thermometer in various parts of Scotland. 

 During the first year, viz. 1821, nearly sixty journals 

 were regularly kept ; but though they diminished 

 considerably in subsequent years, yet the Society is 

 now in possession of a rich series of observations made 

 during five complete years, from 1821 to 1825 inclu- 

 sive, the results of which will be published in the 

 Transactions of that body. 



The following are the general results of a very 

 few of the registers kept in different parts of Scot- 

 land 



