ON THE RAINFALL IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 



RAIN-GAUGES (contiiiued). 



323 



Height 

 of gauge. 



[ Above 

 Above sea- 

 level. 



(11 ^T' 



-2 s^ 



« S 



s a « 

 g S g 



Equivalent of 

 water. 



Scale- 

 point. 



Grains. 



Error at 



scale-point, 



specifiecl in 



previous 



column. 



Remarks on position, &e. 



c - 



QJ 9 



M 



feet. 



32 



4.1 o ] 240 .'' 



136' 



130? 



216? 



84' 



145? 



SS? 



53 V 



168? 



6.00 

 6 02 

 6'oo 

 6-00 

 M 6*005 

 6'oo 

 6-OI 



5-99 



6'oo 



M 6-000 

 602 



6'02 



600 

 6'oo 

 M6-OIO 

 4-98 



499 



5'oo 

 498 

 M 4-987 



5 "00 



5-00 

 5'oo 

 5 -00 

 5.000 

 5'oo 



4-99 

 5'oo 

 5*oo 

 M 4-998 



e-os'" 

 6-05 ,, 

 6-05 , 



M 6-050 

 5-00 

 5-00 

 5-00 

 5-00 



M 5-000 



10-00 



lO'OO 



lo-oo 



M 



■0625 

 -1S75 

 -25 



•0625 

 ■1875 

 •25 



420 

 1280 



1770 



420 

 1280 



1770 



520 

 1020 

 1510 

 2020 

 2510 



510 

 loio 

 1510 

 2010 

 2520 



500 

 1000 

 1500 

 2000 

 2500 



920 

 iSco 

 2740 

 3620 



455° 



500 



1000 



1500 



+•004 

 + -009 

 +•003 



+•004 

 +•008 

 +•003 



— •005 



— •007 



— -00^ 

 — -009 

 — -009 



— •003 



— •004 



— •004 

 — -005 

 -•008 



— "OOI 



— •002 



— -003 



— •004 



— •005 

 correct 

 + •005 

 +-003 

 -I--C08 

 -f-oo8 



— ■001 



— •002 

 — -003 



erected since]. It stands on a grass- 

 plot 100 ft. W. of the Observatory, 

 vrhich may be 30 ft. high. In N.W. 

 and S.W. are shrubs about 5 ft. high 

 and 10 ft. distant. 



A 12-in. copper gauge, inaccessible, 

 measuring-tube of small diameter, 

 and divided on its own stem ; rain not 

 allowed to pass into the tube except 

 at time of measurement. 



Grauge on ridge of roof, andwell placed, 

 except that there is a chimney in the 

 N. 6 ft. distant, and nearly 6 ft.higher 

 than the gauge. 



Glass inaccessible, but said to be iden- 

 tical with No. 22. Placed in a flower- 

 garden freely exposed. On the gen- 

 tle slope of a hill. 



WeU exposed in all directions, near the 

 river, in a very damp situation. 



Freely exposed in a large garden ; pla- 

 ced in a large box to protect from 

 frost or accidental overthrow. 



Gauge perfectly exposed in a very large 

 garden. 



Gauge perfectly exposed on large lawn 

 — nothing within 150 ft. save a very 

 light iron fence placed round the 

 gauge to protect it. 



Gauge fastened on short stump of a 

 tree in the centre of the kitchen-gar- 

 den, quite freely exposed. 



This gauge has been removed and sup- 

 planted by a new one because mea- 

 sm-ing-glass broken off at 0-30 in. 



Well placed on lawn, very good ex- 

 posure. On December 31.st each 

 year is taken to pieces by a watch- 



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