ON THREE BALLOON ASCENTS IN 1865 AND 1866. 379 



Table I. c (continmd). 



(1) Misty; course still almo.st due S. 



(2) Can liear the voices of boys calling out in Long Walk. 



(.3) Wonderfully wooded country. Over Virginia Water ; can see ripples on the water. 

 Blackened bulb thermometer reads 44°, and a transparent bulb 45°-2 ; the sun is shining 

 on the bulbs. 



(4) Still moving S. ; sun shining brightly; blackened bulb 43°-i; minimum radia- 

 tion 39°'2. 



(5) Can see train on the South- Western Hne ; appearance like a caterpillar ; at 

 6^ 40™ just out of mist. 



(6) Sun warm to sense ; misty below ; blue, sky above ; camiot see far ; plain thermo- 

 meter in sun reads 4S°'2 ; the blackened bulb 44°-5. 



(7) Having supplied water to the wet-bulb, the wet-finger steamed, and steam .sur- 

 rounded Mr. Westcar's hand. 



(8) The thermometer, with its bulb exposed to the sun, reads 4i°-5; the minimum 

 thermometer reads 37°. 



(9) Mr. Westcar remarked that it had suddenly become damp to sense. 



(10) The sun discerned ; misty. 



(11) The transparent bulb reads 36° ; the minimum thermometer on stand reads 36°. 



(12) Gras clear ; sun behind clouds. 



(13) The blackened bulb thermometer reads 33° ; the transparent bulb beside it reads 

 32° ; and the minimum on stand reads 32°. 



