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REPORT 1864. 



Meteorological Observations made at different Stations in connexion with 



the Balloon Ascent on 

 September 29, 1863 (continued.) 

 Beeston Observatory (continued). _^__^ 



Time of 

 observation, 



Reading of 



Barom. 

 reduced 

 to 32° F. 



lo 30 a.m. 



Thermom. 



Dry. 



19-988 



10 45 



11 o 



11 30 



12 30p.m. 29-977 



29-984 

 29-984 

 29-980 



29.93 > 



Wet. 



Temp, 

 of the 

 dew- 

 point. 



Ten- 

 sion of 

 va- 

 pour. 



Degree 



of 

 humi- 

 dity. 



547 



54-5 

 54-5 

 55-0 



55'7 

 56-3 



Sl-6 



5,-6 



515 

 51-8 



52-2 



48-7 



48-8 

 48-6 

 48-8 

 48-0 



48-4 



•344 



•345 

 •343 

 •345 

 •335 



•346 



Direc- 

 tion of 

 wind. 



80 



80 

 80 

 80 



75 

 74 



bys, 



s.w. by s. 

 s.w. by s. 

 s.w. by s. 

 s.w. by s. 



s.w. by s. 



5'° 



5-5 

 3-0 

 3-0 

 9-0 



2-0 



c 

 < o 



Remarks. 



to horizon, cloudless, except 

 tvro or three small hemi- 

 spherical cumuli ; sky clear 

 and brilliant; distant hills 

 hazy. The wind became 

 S.W. by S. at 5'', and in 

 which quarter it remained 

 (moving in oscillatii ms from 

 S.W. to S.S.W. till 3i> 3" 

 p.m., when it was S.S.E. for 

 5 minutes, after which it 

 became stationary in the 

 W.S.W. all day). 

 The weatlier fine, but clouds 

 moving in W.S.W., N.E., 

 and N. currents. 



^ The weather fine. 



Nearly overcast ; brisk wind ; 



cumulostrati. 

 The weather very fine. 



October 9, 186-3. 

 EoTAL Observatory, Greenwich. 



