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Balloon Ascents. Wolverhampton, September 5, 1862. 
ON EIGHT BALLOON ASCENTS IN 1862. 425 
mometers (free). Meesettt Dry and Wet Thermometers (aspirated). Hygrometers, 
an ae 
oe Daniell’s. | Regnault’s. 
Diff. |Dew-point.) Thermo- Dry. Wet. Diff. | Dew-point. 
meter. Dew-point. | Dew-point. 
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 
wovene i} totes 41°5 
mxe3 21'S 
B35 ese 45°5 av eaes ARAL sro: eaaeee tenets 27°0 
13°2 21°38 
oy | eee 471 44°1 3°0 40°7 29°5 
Ruse | oWeines 47°0 
142 19°7 
Seavert Hf wrbses 48°0 
14°5 20°8 
I4°l 224 
SN cree | akeOE | serch S| weccee- sl jeonee . ebcads veonee B75 
80 | «3770 51°5 
eee) W | wtesee 5 53°5 
60 42°1 54°0 
44 48°8 57°5 
Crystal Palace, September 8, 1862. 
42 612 
34 60"4 
27 58:2 
2"9 578 
Bi, 572 
30 54°6 
2°3 54°4 
2°3 S23 
2°7 49°9 
2°8 43°5 
X55 49°0 
79 49°5 
r2 48°6 
}  (O'7 49°1 
SS) 49°5 
H 60 48°8 
153 48°6 
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 
(9) Gas getting cloudy; just see netting ; smell of gas. 
(10) Gas cloudy. (11) Heard shouting below. 
(12) Mist; dense fog; gas cloudy ; netting invisible. 
(13) In a dense white cluud; can just see the earth. 
(14) Earth not visible. 
(15) In cloud, thick and white ; dropped a piece of paper, visible 23 seconds. 
(16) Gas still cloudy. (17) Half out of cloud; blue sky above. 
1862, 2F 
