Description of the Kew Observatory. 



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of Met. Committee,' 1869, p. 36, and * B. A. Report for 1869,' Trans, 

 of Sections, p. 52). The check gauge (7) is of the ordinary Meteoro- 

 logical Office pattern. 



The receiving surfaces of the rain gauges are 21 inches above the 

 surface of the ground. The diameter of the Beckley gauge is 

 11 inches, that of the check gauge 8 inches. 



On a stand (8) a little to the north of the rain gauges are some 



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