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REPORT—1905. 
In every single case the (corrected) reading was higher for the thermometer 
under the blacl cloth, 
The conditions at the time were noted either as (a) bright sunshine; (6) sun 
shining through cloud; (c) cloudy; (d) black cloud, 7.e., dark generally. 
An analysis appears in the following tables. 
corrected 
for scale errors. 
July 12. 
Time 
a 
Dwnwnwnht bw wh 
Position on Right. 
Black Cloth 
| No. 1184 | No. 1207 
| fo} ° 
23°9 — 
— 25°8 
26:2 “= 
— 26°8 
25°5 — 
— 25:0 
25°6 — 
| — 26:3 
| 26°5 — 
| — 25'8 
26:4 — 
— 27°4 
Woollen Cloths. 
Position on Left. 
White Cloth 
No. 1184 | No. 1207 
° fo} 
= 22°7 
23°4 — 
—_— 23°8 
24-6 — 
— 24:5 
241 —- 
— 24:8 
25:3 —— 
— 25°8 
24:9 = 
— 25:2 
25°6 — 
larte} 
bo 
Pee 
18 
(%) |} @ | @ 
° ° Oo 
= |ro4 
| are ase as 
Pel ea = be: 
— 1:0 
Se 0:9 = 
a 0-8 
1-0 —_ — 
ee 0:7 ee 
zs 0-9 a 
a ae hare 
(a) Sunshine. (b) Sun visible through clouds. (c) Cloudy. (d) ‘Dark clouds, — 
Woollen Cloths changed over 
July 12, 
| Time 
He He OO 09 OY OD bo 8D i 
Position on Right. 
White Cloth 
No. 1184 | No. 1207 
fe) o 
25°1 — 
— 24°8 
25°1 — 
_ 25°3 
25°6 — 
— 24:5 
25:0 — 
— 24:5 
Position on Left. 
Black Cloth 
° i?) 
— 26°2 
2671 — 
— 263 
26:2 —= 
-— 26-1 
26-1 =. 
_— 26:2 
25°5 — 
The readings are all Centigrade, 
Excess of Reading under Black: 
Cloth, Conditions being 
 @ 
Excess of Reading under Black 
| 
Cloth, Conditions being 
© | ©|@ 
Pet Pom than 
13 —_ = 
2 ti op gf ia 
=a) ty daa 
1-0 
(a) Sunshine. 
July 13, 
Time 
Position on Right, 
White Cloth 
No. 1184 | No. 1207 
fe} fe) 
— 24-6 
23°5 — 
— 23°0 
23°6 _ 
= 23°6 
23°2 — 
— 23°3 
24:3 = 
— 24:3 
: (a) Sunshine. 
Cotton Cloths. 
(>) Sun visible through clouds. (e) Cloudy. 
(d) Dark clouds, 
Position on Left. 
Black Cloth 
No. 1184 | No. 1207 
°o ° 
26°3 — 
= 24:8 
IST — 
— | 24°83 
24:5 — 
—- 24:4 
24:2 — 
= 24°9 
25'1 — 
(0) Sun visible through clouds. (c) Clondy. 
Cloth, Conditions being 
a) | (6) | (e) | @ 
fe} Oo ° o 
se 0-7 z= aa 
LR _- — — 
O7 _- — — 
12 | — —- ) = 
= ae i: Be 
12 — — | 
ae abe 09") See 
— — — | 06 
as 0-8 east 
(a) Dark clouds. — 
lBxcess of Reading under Black | 
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