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REPORT — 1864. 



Table I.- 



-Meteorological Observations made in the Fifteenth 



i ° 



Time. 



Siphon Barometer. 



Reading 



corrected 



and reduced 



to 32° Fahr. 



Att. 

 Therm. 



Aneroid 



Barometer, 



No. 2. 



Height above 

 sea-level. 



Dry and Wet Ther- 



Dry. 



Wet. 



(1) 



(2) 



(3) 



(5) 

 (6) 

 (7) 

 (8) 



(9) 

 (10) 



(11) 

 (12) 

 (13) 

 (14) 

 (15) 

 (10) 

 (17) 

 (18) 

 (19) 



(20) 

 (21) 

 (22) 

 (23) 



(24) 

 (25) 



(26) 



(27) 

 (28) 

 (29) 

 (30) 



(31) 

 (32) 



47 



5° 



52 



52 



54 



55 



56 



57 



59 



o 



I 



2 



2 



3 



4 



4 



5 



6 



6 



7 



9 



10 

 n 

 II 

 12 



13 

 14 

 8 15 

 8 16 

 8 18 

 8 19 

 8 20 

 8 20 

 8 21 

 8 21 

 8 22 

 8 22 

 8 23 

 8 24 

 8 25 



8 



8 



50 a.m. 



o „ 



o ., 



30 » 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o ,, 



o „ 



o ., 



o „ 



30 .. 



o ,, 



o „ 



30 >! 



o ,. 



o „ 



30 » 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



3° I. 



o » 



o ,. 



o „ 



o „ 



o ., 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



30 „ 



30 .. 



30 » 



o .. 



o ,. 



o „ 



28-049 



27-849 



26-950 

 26-451 

 26-154 



25-859 



24-619 

 24-469 

 24-270 



23-972 

 23-873 

 23-783 

 23-674 



23-496 



23-528 



23-529 



23'53i 

 23-382 



23-362 



23-103 



22-884 

 22-734 



22-485 

 22-387 



22-188 



22-109 



21-999 



21-909 

 21-840 



21-790 

 21-690 

 21-590 



2I"5II 



21-192 



21- 142 



49-0 

 49-0 

 49-0 

 49-0 

 48-0 



46-0 



42-5 

 42-5 



42-0 

 41-0 



40-5 



40-0 



39-0 



37-0 

 37-0 

 36-5 



36-0 

 36-0 

 360 

 35'o 

 34'5 

 34-0 



34-0 



33'5 

 330 



33'o 

 33'5 



27-00 

 26-50 

 26-20 



25-70 



24' 7 5 

 24-42 



24-00 

 23-81 



23-52 

 23'55 



23-55 

 23-40 



23-12 

 22-85 



22-50 



22*12 

 22-OI 



21-85 



21-50 

 21-48 



feet. 

 2,129 

 2,197 

 2,870 



3.278 

 3,685 



(3-8J1) 



3.938 



(4.398) 



5.3 14 

 5.473 

 5.789 



6,000 



6,117 

 6,321 



(6.375) 

 6,429 

 6,385 

 6,385 

 6.385 



6,647 



6.659 

 6,966 



7,201 

 7.436 

 7.671 

 7,806 

 8,024 

 8,041 

 8,259 

 8,364 

 8,446 



(8,475) 

 8,504 

 8,621 

 8,726 



(8,726) 

 8,819 



9.193 

 9,252 



449 

 44-8 

 42-0 



415 

 40-0 



38-5 

 38-0 



37-5 

 35-2 



33-8 

 33-0 

 32-2 



31-5 



3i"3 

 31-0 



3o'5 

 30-0 



30-5 

 29*0 



29-5 



29'3 

 29-0 

 28-5 

 28-0 



27-2 

 260 

 26-0 

 260 

 27-0 

 26-5 

 26-2 



25-0 



25-0 

 24-5 



23-5 



21-5 



21-3 



43-0 

 43-0 

 411 

 39-0 



37'5 

 36-5 

 35-8 

 350 

 32*2 

 311 

 30-4 

 29-8 



29-0 



29-2 

 290 

 28-5 

 287 

 27-8 



27-8 

 27-5 

 27-1 

 26-0 



257 

 25-0 

 24- 1 

 24-0 

 24-0 

 25-1 

 24-8 

 24-8 



32-0 



32-0 



I. 



6. 



(1) Assisted Mr. Coswell in lowering the grapnel. 



(2) Sun faint. (3) Misty over the earth. 



(4) The sun is not visible. (5) The lines from B to G visible ; sky spectrum. 



(()) Jerks in the balloon; the line F is beautifully defmed ; cannot see A, and can just 

 see G ; sky spectrum. 



(7) No ozone by paper. (8) No sun ; no ozone by powder. 



(9) Mist in straight lines in places, and spread out in other places; very misty on 11 :e 

 earth everywhere. (10) Valve opened. (11) Gas cloudy. 



(12) Clouds above and below. (13) Clouds very high above \is. 



(14) B to G; sky spectrum. (15) Sand out. 



(16) Fine view to the E. ; no sun. (17) Gas heavy; sand out. 



(18) Gleam of light. 



