244 SOCIETY NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. 



Table for converting minutes to tenths of a degree. 



Example: Message containing meteorological information. 



ICE, 



WEATHER. 



First message. 



Coded 



Second message. 



Coded 

 as — 



Date of observation. 

 Position of ship . . . .' 



Direction and force of wind . 

 Set and velocity of current. . 



Weather 



Barometer 



Air temperature 



Barometric tendency 



Sea-surface temperature. . . . 



21 



Latitude, 45° 13'; longitude, 

 42° 5'. 



E. S.E.,5.... 

 N. W., 2m-h. 



Sky clear 



765.3 mm 



15.3° C 



Rise, .8 



1.4°C 



21 



825 



26 



82 







653 

 61 

 02 



014 



22 



Latitude, 43° 47'; longitude, 

 46° 33'. 



S.W., 2 



S. S. E., Im-h 



Fog 



753 .2 mm 



9.8° C 



Fall, 2. 7 



— .7°C 



22 

 863 



55 



39 



8 



532 

 50 

 56 



507 



The code of the above message sent to the Meteorological Office would thus be: Meteorology: Ice; 21514, 

 46432 : 22254, 30470 : weather; 21825, 26820, 65361, 02014 : 22863, 55398, 53250, 56507. 



(See Plate 81.) 



