ON THE RAINFALL OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



295 



EAIN-GAUGES {continued from Brit. Assoc. Bep. 1870, p. 228). 



0} S3 





^^ 



in. 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



M 



7"99 



8-02 



8-00 

 8-O0 

 8 '003 



3'32 



3"35 



3-35 



3'34 



3"340 



5-98 



6'oo 



6'02 



6'oi 



6'oo5 



S'o5 



4"94 



4-98 



5-02 



4-998 



S-oi 



5'oo 



5 '00 



4-99 



5'ooo 



5*02 



4-98 



5-00 

 5'oo 

 5'ooo 



7'93 



8-04 



8-00 



8-00 



y993 



7"93 



803 



8-00 



7'99 

 7-988 



8-00 



8-03 



8-00 



8-00 



8 -008 



5-03 



4-98 



5 -02 



4-98 



5-002 



Equivalents of 

 water. 



Scale- 

 point. 



m. 

 •I 



•2 



•3 



•4 

 •5 



•I 



•2 



■3 

 •4 

 •5 



•I 



•2 



'3 

 ■4 

 '5 

 •I 

 ■2 

 ■3 

 •35 



•3 



•4 



•5 

 •I 



-2 



■3 



■4 



•5 

 •I 



•2 



•3 



•4 



"5 

 •I 



•2 



•25 



•I 



•2 

 ■3 

 •4 



•5 

 •I 



-2 

 ■3 

 ■4 

 •5 



Grains. 



1260 

 2520 



3755 

 5050 

 6320 



6S0 

 1390 

 2100 

 2S30 



3580 



4S0 



970 



1470 



1950 



2460 



4S0 



960 



1460 



1700 



490 



970 



1475 

 1970 



2465 

 1320 

 2570 

 376c 



505° 

 6340 



1320 

 2570 

 3760 

 5050 

 6340 

 1240 

 2500 

 3100 



1240 

 2500 



3750 

 4960 

 6250 

 480 

 970 

 1470 

 1970 

 2470 



Error at 



scale-point 



specified in 



previous 



column. 



in. 



+--001 

 +•002 

 -f-oo4 

 +•003 

 +•003 



+ •005 

 + -006 

 +-006 

 4- -004 

 -f-oio 

 +■003 

 4- -004 

 +-003 

 +■006 

 +•003 

 +•003 

 4-"oo6 

 4--005 

 +■007 



4-'ooi 

 +•004 

 +■002 

 +•003 

 4- -003 



— •0(54 

 — -003 

 +•003 

 + -001 

 correct. 



— -004 

 —•003 

 4- -003 

 4- -001 



— ■001 



+•003 

 + ■004 

 + ■005 

 4--OIO 

 4--009 

 -f-003 

 +•004 

 -f-004 

 4- -003 



4-'002 



S.W. Observatory 

 30°.' 



Observatory Dome 

 S.W. 30°. 



Azimuth and an- 

 gular elevation of 

 objects above 

 mouth of rain- 

 gauge. 



Clear from W. 

 through S. to E. 

 Trees E. by N. 

 to W. 75°. 



S. Apple 30°. 



Quite clear. 



Quite clear. 



Hospital N.W. 

 26°. Clear in 

 all other direc 

 tions. 



Quite open. 



Remarks on position &c. 



.t S 



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Good position on the side of Bid- 

 ston Hill, near summit, and 

 N.E. of the Observatory. 



Close to No. 425. Testing not 

 completed, but measuring-scale 

 correct, and cylinder believed to 

 be true. 



In kitchen garden, clear open 

 space, ground level for some 

 distance. 



Tliis station ia on the IT. side of the hill 

 known as the Heights of Abraham ; the 

 garden and grounds rise in rapid ter- 

 races and are thickly wooded. I could 

 not see any better position. 



In garden west of the hall. 



This gauge was fixed in a wooden 

 frame which surrounded the funnel, 

 and was not sutiiciently below it to be 

 free from liability to produce insplash- 

 ing. I left instructions that it should 

 be lowered 4 inches. On large lawn 

 SM. of Hall. 



On the level surface of the moor, 

 about 600 feet above Buxtou, 

 and 3 miles S.W. of it. The posi- 

 tion is extremely exposed. 



On dwarf post in an open part of 

 the Hospital grounds, near the 

 centre of Buxton. Position good, 

 and gauge in good order. 



An old gauge, out of order at dat« 



of inspection, but subsequently 



repaired and used at Poole's 



Cavern, Buxton. 



On post in kitchen garden. This gauge 



was examined 186.3, Sept.21 (No. 123) ; but 



as the glass was not initialled, and the 



funnel had been rendered more nearly 



circular, I retested it. I llnd on compari 



son that of the Ave scale-points two errors 



are absolutely identical; one differs by 



0-Ot/l in., one by 0'002, and one by O'OOl in. 



On the top of dwarf stand in garden, 



whicli slopes from W. to B., and has a 



wall running N.X.W.-S.S.E., at about 



8 ft. from the gauge. Jlr. Smith states 



that his place is so exposed and windvj 



tliat this partial shelter is beneficial,! 



which seems probable^ . 



