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REPORT 1866. 



Table I. b. — Meteorological Observations made in the T-wenty-seventh Balloon 

 Ascent from Woolwich Arsenal, December 2, 1865. 



2. 



4. 



(1) Let off a pilot balloon, which took the direction of N.W. 



(2) Left the earth. (3) Misty all round. 



(4) Damp to sense ; cannot see London. 



(5) Going in the direction of W. by N. ; can see-WoolwichjGreenwich.&c.jbut not London. 



(6) Going towards Stratford. 



(7) Near Commercial Eoad ; can see its long line of lights. 



(8) Discharged .sand, about 14 lbs. in weight, and cau.sed us to rise about 5.50 feet. 



(9) Both radiation Ihcrmometers near 28°. (10) A densely cloudy sky. 



(11) Cloudy ; nothing visible. 



(12) Earth dotted with large wliite clouds ; some of them miles in extent. 



(13) Moving N.W. by compass. (14) Gas clear. 



