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REPORT — 1864. 



Table I. — Meteorological Observations made in the Twentieth 



^ ^ 



(1) 



(2) 



(3) 

 (4) 



(^^ 

 (6) 



(7) 

 (8) 



(9) 

 (10) 



(11) 

 (12) 



(13) 

 (14) 

 (15) 

 (16) 



(17) 



Time. 



37 

 38 

 39 

 39 

 40 

 40 



41 

 42 



43 

 44 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 46 

 46 

 47 

 47 

 48 



49 

 49 

 50 

 5° 

 51 

 51 

 52 

 52 

 53 

 53 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 56 

 57 

 57 

 58 



59 

 o 

 I 

 2 



3 

 16 



25 

 30 



30 p.m. 

 o „ 

 o „ 



30 » 



o „ 



30 „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o » 



o ,. 



o „ 



lo „ 



30 .. 



o „ 



30 .. 



o „ 



30 » 



o „ 



30 >. 



o „ 



30 » 



o „ 



30 ). 



o „ 



30 » 



o „ 



3° .. 



o „ 



30 » 



45 .. 



30 .. 



o „ 



30 „ 



o „ 



30 .. 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o „ 



o ., 



o ,, 



o „ 



o ,. 



o „ 



Siphon Barometer. 



Heading 



corrected 



and reduced 



to 32° Fahr. 



Att. 

 Therm. 



Aneroid 



Barometer, 



No. 2. 



m. 



27'26 

 27-18 

 27'li 

 27*06 



27"OI 

 27"01 



26-95 

 26-88 

 26-78 

 26-47 



26-36 



26-27 

 26-26 



26-27 



26*02 



25-91 

 25-81 

 25-78 

 25-78 

 25-78 



2577 



25-81 

 25-81 

 25-86 

 25-91 

 25-91 



26-07 

 26-56 



2668 

 2684 



27-27 

 27-28 



27-56 



28-01 



28-78 

 28-96 



29-58 



29-78 



Height above 

 sea-level. 



Dry and Wet Ther- 



feet. 



2,740 

 2,820 

 2,890 

 2,940 

 2,990 

 2,990 



3.050 

 3,120 



3.237 



3.549 

 3,669 



3.758 

 3,768 



3.759 

 (3,886) 

 4,013 



4, '23 

 4,230 

 4,271 



4.271 

 4,271 

 (4,276) 

 4,280 



(4.255) 

 4,230 

 4,230 

 4,180 

 4,130 

 4.130 

 4,080 



3.390 



3,360 

 3.187 

 2,696 

 2,688 



2,493 

 2,088 

 1,388 

 1,061 



Dry. 



54-0 

 53-9 

 S4'o 

 54-0 



53-9 

 54-0 

 54'o 

 54-0 

 54'o 



53'5 

 53-0 



52-2 

 51-0 



51-5 



507 

 50-2 

 50-0 

 49-2 

 49-2 

 49'2 



49^5 



49'5 

 49-5 

 49"S 

 49-2 



49'3 

 495 

 512 



515 



52-0 



57-5 

 580 

 58-0 



59-3 

 60-4 

 6i-8 



64-6 

 64-0 



I 



Wet. 



52-1 

 51-2 

 52-0 

 51-7 



5i"5 

 5i'5 

 5i"5 

 5i'5 

 5i"5 

 52-0 



5°'S 



49'5 

 50-0 



50-0 



49-8 

 49-2 

 49-2 

 49-2 

 49-2 

 49-2 



49-0 



48-2 

 48-1 

 48-1 

 48-1 

 48-1 

 48- 1 



49"5 



50-0 

 5»'5 

 53"2 

 54-8 



55'o 

 54-8 

 56-2 



57-5 



58-5 

 58-2 



1. 



6. 



7. 



(1) Gas clear. 



(2) Nottmgham race-course and Burford seen. Gas eomirig out fast from the neck of 

 the balloon. Nottingham appeared covered with smoke ; moving towards Sherwood Forest. 



(3) Over railway. (4) Mist below ; can see the earth clearly. 

 (.5) Black mist below. 



(6) Lost sight of the earth on entering cloud ; clouds apparently blacker below than 

 above ; gas getting cloudy. (7) Can hear sounds. 



(8) Gas much cloudier ; lighter ; gas coming out of the neck of the balloon ; light all 

 round ; gas thick. (9) Heard a gun ; still in cloud. 



