I 



METEOROL OGIGAL OBSER VA TIONS. 

 From August 1 to August 15, 1878. 



Recorded daily at Hobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. 33in. 

 p.m., simultaneously with registration made at 7h. 35m. 

 a.m., 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. Lon^. 9h. 49m. 29 '25. E. 



(Registered for the Royal Societi/, Tasmania. ) 



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29-925 

 29745 

 2S-948 

 29740 

 29-940 

 29735 

 •29 710 

 29-220 

 29-320 

 29 145 

 29-025 

 29-230 

 29-620 

 29-530 



29-220 57-0 



55-0 

 52-0 

 63-0 

 51-0 

 50-0 

 50-0 

 52-0 

 55 

 55-0 

 55-0 

 54-0 

 51-0 

 450 

 53-0 



10-0 

 90 

 6-5 



8-5 



8-0 



80 



8-5 



10 



10-0 



10 



9-5 



8-5 



5-0 



9-5 



11-0 



NE 

 S 

 S 



s 

 s 



NW 

 NW 



NW 



sw 



NW 

 NW 

 NW 

 NW 

 NW 

 NW 



■52 



•28 

 -0 



-26 

 • 



•52 

 •0 



•26 



•52 



'52 

 2-60 



-26 



■52 10 



K 

 K 

 KN 



•0 

 KN 

 K 

 

 KN 

 KN 

 KN 

 K 

 K 

 KN 

 KN 

 KN 



Stars faint 



Stars in 

 milky way 



Paining 



Moon and 

 starlight 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Sky cloudy 



Moon, star, 

 and cloud 



Calm and 

 rainy 



Cloud and 

 rain 



Moon and 



stars 



Smart 

 shower 



Moonlight 



Sky liazy 



Thick and 

 hazy 



Cloud, rain, 

 and star 



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

 N.B.— The time of registration at Hobart Tow:i, 

 lOh. 33m. p.m., being after dark, renders it impossible 

 to make the mnd and cloud records more than ap- 

 Twoximately correct. The rainfall is measm-wi at 

 7h. 30m. a.m. local tin?.e. 



