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Balloon Ascents. Wolverhampton, July 17, 1862. 
mometers (free). Mente Dry and Wet Thermometers (aspirated). Hygrometers. 
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Snag Daniell’s. | Regnault’s. 
Diff. |Dew-point. owed Dry. Wet. Diff. | Dew-point. 7 
meter. Dew-point. | Dew-point. 
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 
40 514 
4°5 333 
570 32°0 43°0 
1°6 33°8 34°83 Saastee | | eedeee, |" aneset saves 30°5 
coe | ao 32°5 
O°5 27°38 
2°5 19°7 29°38 Wesepet §|| J acsave: ” |! ledencet, |Uamanaae a, Wh fasdere 24°0 
2°I 17°6 26'2 
eeenee Saeet 26°90 sae TOBE wesseee, [h keeseem 24°5 
I'l 23°9 26°0 Bante ||! ‘wnewes )i | Janeose . [musweb aa’ jleMmemowers 25°0 
eevee waters 26°0 aor Wd eee wal Pole.) ale Cece 19°5 210 
2° 169 26°2 aaseiesill ot esecne «tp aenceeperl Mmteans ss 210 22°0 
0"9 ZAOT il 7a nae ° Mosse || | cncves, || biecaaet Mineaptea.| IM lr awanta 22°5 
3°0 24°0 310 32°0 30°4. 16 26°7 20°5 24°0 
2°8 24°6 31°6 32°0 29°2 o°8 22°9 22°0 21°5 
2"9 24°3 32°0 31°0 23'0 3°0 19°8 23°0 20°8 
3°5 24°9 37°2 35°0 312 38 24°4 25°! 24°2 
31 25°6 3671 36°5 a1 5°3 23°2 22°6 21°0 
75 19°5 38°2 37°0 30°5 6°5 ZAR A Shanes 22°2 
6"9 218 381 a705 29°5 8-0 13°3 2.175 22°2 
12°0 16°6 ALA! CSSA Pxcesea* || cassteae be tscess 4 19'0 20° 
5°5 238 36°5 CO late wal el POC ama emer ad eee ery: 20°0 21! 
5°7 22% 340 36°2 30°5 5°7 22° 20°5 20°5 
: 5°5 13°8 31°5 30°8 26°0 4°38 132 16°0 15°5 
Recanel || seveee 1'o 
73° |—26°6 irl 23'0 170 60 ©=|—20°6 —12'0 | —13'0 
80 = |—47°5 <S.cc, ile SergGce Soll ace node ladle OE: idl MEE SC — $2 
TO |—44'1 175 18°5 80 to's = |—69°9 Risdete — g'0 
Bendel iO Seeva. 16°90 vecntor | UP aaded . sraabenentey ledices. he Vokes — 80 
Memes i |" o:cen EO'Oe: |i econ © ee Peacecooc wall rec amg RO — 9g'0 
Seveee Bee TGOR lh Pasar f anende wesht mC) Mall te ae - — 85 
mero: |—6774 | he. = 182 12"0 G:203>|—4A'r 
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69 «= |—25°8 27°90 
8. 9. 10. 11. 12, 13. 14, 15. 16. 
REMARKS. 
(17) Electrometer, balloon reading 58°; air reading 61°. Palpitation of heart very 
perceptible. 
MI (18) Deep blue sky; dark bluish hands and lips, not face. 
(19) Sand out. Electrometer, balloon reading 58° ; air reading 60°2. Heart less af- 
fected ; moving northwards. 
(20) Twenty-eight vibrations of horizontal magnet occupied 433. 
(21) Electrometer, balloon reading 59°; air reading 58°. Breathing affected. 
(22) Nodewat —8°-2. Electrometer, balloon reading 58°; air reading 59°. Very deep blue 
sky; clouds far below ; cold, but not intense. (23) Nodew. All the feelings of sea-sickness. 
(24) Ozone o. Feeling of illness. Mr. Coxwell says a disagreeable sensation came over 
him ; cannot tell how. (25) No dew at this temperature. 
(26) No dew. Through a feeling of illness, I was unable to keep to the instruments long 
enough to lower the temperature to get a deposit of dew. 
(27) Electrometer, balloon reading 58° ; air reading 58°. (28) Ozone o; theair is very dry. 
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