METEOROLOGICAL^ OBSERVATIONS. 



From the 1st tothe 15th Feb., 1878, inclusive. 

 Kecorded daily at Hobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. 33m. 

 n m simultaneously with registration made at 7h. 3om. 

 am' at Washington, United States, in pursuance of a pro- 

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

 national Synchronous Observations. 



Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Lat. 42^ 52' 13" S. Long. 9h. 40m. 29-23. E. 



(Rejistered for the Royal Society, Tasmania. ) 



Ther- 



^1 ! mometers 



-i; 





« 



Wind. ' Cloud. 



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(5 If^ 



Weather. 



29-895 

 30 164 

 30 040 

 30-265 

 30-412 

 30-285 

 30-249 

 30-230 

 30-220 

 29-825 

 29-340 

 30-025 



70-6 

 62-5 

 650 



21-5 

 17-5 

 18-5 



53-5 1120 



I 

 60-0 I15-5 



15-5 



•5 

 5 

 59 

 63 

 72-5 

 58-0 

 62-5 

 62-5 



30160 

 30-256 



16-0 

 15 

 17-5 

 22-5 

 14-5 

 17 

 17-0 



72 SE 



52 jllO 

 530 11-5 



SE 

 •0 

 S 



s 

 s 



3W 



•o'lo-o 



•2610-0 



3-5 If 



10-0 

 5 



10-0 



10-0 

 9-5 



10 



•26 10-0 



Very cloudy 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Light rain 



KN 

 K 

 KN 



N 



K 



KN 

 KN 



K 



•0 



-63 Dark and 

 cloudy 



Do. do. 



Starlight 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Stars in the 

 zenith 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Very dark 

 l-o|sky cloudy 

 37 Do. do. 

 01 



■54 



Cloud and 

 thunder rain 



Maon, stars, 

 and cloud 



JMoon and 

 StarUght 



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

 ^ B —The time of registration at Hobart Town, 

 10h.'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. 



