ON NINE BALLOON ASCENTS IN 1863 AND 1864. 



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Meteorological Observations made at different Stations in connexion vnth. 



the Balloon Ascent on 



June 27, 1864. — Blackheath. 



Reading of 



Barom. 

 reduced 

 to 32° F. 



in. 



30-045 



30-045 



30-045 

 30'045 

 30'04S 

 30-045 

 30-046 

 30"C46 

 30-040 

 30-037 

 30-035 

 30-028 

 30-028 

 30-028 



30-028 

 30-027 



Thermom . 



Dry. Wet. 



60-4 

 60-0 



60-0 

 60-0 

 60-1 



6o-o 

 59-1 



58s 

 58-3 

 58-2 

 58-2 



57-9 

 57-4 

 565 



56- 



Temp. Ten 

 of the aion of 

 dew- va- 

 point. pour 



537 

 52-8 



52-6 

 52*5 

 S3« 

 52-5 

 52-2 

 52-5 

 52-0 

 52-1 

 52-3 

 52-0 

 51-8 

 S17 



Si-o 



47'9 

 46-4 



46 o 



45"9 

 46!! 



45'9 

 46-1 



47 "2 

 46-4 

 46-7 

 47-0 

 46-7 

 46-8 

 47-4 



46-2 



Degree 



of 

 humi- 

 dity. 



■334 

 -316 



-311 

 •309 

 -321 

 -309 

 •312 

 -325 

 •316 

 -319 

 -323 

 -319 

 •321 

 -328 



■313 



63 

 61 



60 

 60 

 62 

 60 

 62 

 66 



65 

 66 



67 

 67 



67 

 72 



70 



Direc- 

 tion of 

 wind. 



W.S.W. 



«2 

 Si 



1 = 

 c o 



Remarks. 



Nearly overcast. 



Blue increasing above, cumuli 



surrounding. 



Cumuli and cumulostratus 

 in the east. 



Zenith clear; cumuli all roimd. 



J- Ciunulus and cirrocumulus. 



Zenith particularly clear. 

 Zenith perfectly clear ; clouds 

 inN. 



Cumulus and cirrocumulus 

 in the zenith ; cumulus in 

 the N. ; cumulostratus in 

 the E., and clear in the S. 

 and S.E. 



August 29, 1864. 

 RoTAL Observatory, Greentvtch. 



29-877 

 29-877 

 29-877 

 29-879 

 29-879 



29-881 

 29-873 



29-873 

 29-870 



77-5 

 77-0 



75-5 

 747 

 73-8 



73'4 

 72-4 



72-0 

 71-0 



62-1 

 61-7 

 61-6 

 61-4 

 60-3 



597 

 58-5 



57-6 

 57-5 



5i"4 

 Si-o 

 51-6 

 51-8 

 50-4 



497 

 48-1 



468 



47-i 



•379 

 ■374 

 -382 



•385 

 ■366 



•357 

 -366 



-321 

 •3i5 



40 

 40 

 44 

 45 

 44 



43 

 43 



41 

 42 



s.w. 

 s.w. 

 s.w. 



s.s.w. 

 s.w. 



s.s.w. 

 s.s.w. 



s.s.w. 



S.S.W. 



Light high cirrus. 



Balloon seen to rise from the 

 Crystal Palace grounds. 



Estimated place of balloon S. 

 of Woolwich. 



Through a 30-in. achromatic 

 telescope, the several parts 

 of the grapnel, connecting- 

 rope, netting. &e. could be 

 distinctly seen ; and Mr. 

 Glaisher could also be seen 

 at one end of the car (pro- 

 bable distance from Green- 

 wich 8 miles). From 5'' i"" 

 to5i'6">-f. The balloon ro- 

 tated in the direction S.W., 

 N.E., in 5^'°. 



Sand was thrown out several 

 times from 5'' 7™ to k'^ '2™. 

 Another revolution of bal- 

 loon S.W., N.E., in 5". 



