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4 P.M., 5 P.M., and 9 P.M., and these observations, consisting of 

 the "Temperature in shade," " Wet-Bulb Thermometer in shade," 

 " Temperature on grass in sunshine," "Temperature in sunshine," 

 "Amount of cloud and direction of wind," have been arranged in 

 Tables according to their distance from the annular path. The 

 observations were made at the following stations ; 



Somerton, Towcester, Isham, Peakirk, on the central line ; Teign- 

 mouth, Little Bridy, and Bicester, within 10 miles of the central 

 line ; Exeter, Gloucester, Grantham, and Belvoir Castle, within 25 

 miles ; Truro, Guernsey, Helston, Aldershott, Berkhampstead, 

 Hereford, Royston, Norwich, and Highfield House, within 50 miles ; 

 London, Tottenham, Ventnor, and Southampton, within 75 miles ; 

 Uckfield, Leeds, Scarborough, Wakefield, Hawarden, Old Trafford, 

 and Chorlton, within 100 miles ; and Hastings, Fairlight, Lampeter, 

 North Shields, Silloth, Liverpool, Stonyhurst, Durham, Edinburgh, 

 Culloden, Isle of Man, Aberdeen, Orkney, Armagh, Belfast, Utrecht, 

 and Vienna, above 100 miles from the central line. Readings of the 

 barometer and extra remarks are appended at the close of the Tables. 



The differences between the sun-thermometers in the air and on the 

 grass are not so marked as might be expected, for it happens that in 

 March and October their readings nearly approach each other. In 

 winter the temperature in sunshine on the grass is considerably below 

 that in the air, whilst in summer this condition is reversed. The dry- 

 bulb thermometer fell at the middle of the eclipse from 2 to 4 degrees, 

 the average being about 2i degrees ; to this, however, must be added 

 an extra amount, on account of the time of day at which the eclipse 

 took place ; had there been no eclipse, the temperature would neces- 

 sarily have risen. The wet-bulb thermometer did not fall quite so 

 much, as the air became more charged with water at the centre of 

 the eclipse, the result of the phenomenon. Thermometers in sun- 

 shine (even where overcast) fell twice as much as those in shade. 



At the majority of stations the early morning was exceedingly 

 fine, and the sky almost free of clouds, yet before the eclipse com- 

 menced the sky became overcast and continued so. It seemed quite 

 evident that the clouds were formed in situ. Durham, Edinburgh, 

 Scarborough, Uckfield, London, Norwich, Southampton, Royston, 

 Leicester, Belvoir Castle, Little Bridy, Isham, and Guernsey, were 

 all places in which the weather previous to the eclipse had been more 



