JAPANESE METEOROLOGY. 



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Temperature of the Air. 

 MiN. AND Max. Averages. 



Min 



Max 



Min. and Max 



Range 



Tri-Daily Observations. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m. . . 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Relative Humidity. 



7. a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Pressure as Observed. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Miles per Hour of Wind. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Total miles 



Clouding by Tenths. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Rain. 



Inches 



Jan. 20th 

 to Jan. 31st. 



18.0 

 40.0 

 29.0 

 22.0 



26.0 



36.3 

 29.9 



30-7 



.87 



.82 

 .82 



29,02 

 29.00 

 29.02 

 29.01 



»5-5 

 21.3 

 13.0 



4296 



6.5 

 6.0 



3-0 



Feb. 1st 

 to loth. 



21.0 

 49.1 

 350 

 28.1 



29.9 



39-2 

 39 6 



.86 

 .66 

 .80 

 •77 



28.94 

 28.90 

 28.91 

 28.92 



lo-S 



19-5 

 14.1 



3254 



1.8 



1-7 

 i.o 



Feb. loth 

 to 20th. 



25 6 

 56.0 

 40.8 

 30-4 



33-4 

 47-9 

 36.8 



38.7 



.86 



.65 



.64 



.72 



28.93 

 28.87 

 28.92 

 28.90 



11.8 

 22.7 

 18.7 

 4923 



6.8 

 5.8 

 5-3 



Mean. 



21.5 

 48.7 

 34-9 

 23.5 



29,8 

 43-1 

 35-3 

 39-7 



.86 

 •71 

 •75 

 •77 



28.96 

 28.92 



28.95 

 28.94 



12.6 

 21. 1 

 15-3 

 12473 



S-o 

 4-5 

 3-1 



.13 



JAPANESE METEOROLOGY. 



by'arai yoshinari. 



Ideas About the Heavens and the Earth. — It is a very easy thing to 

 look up into the heaven, but it is unHmitedly high. It is also a very easy thing 

 to touch the earth, but it is. unlimitedly thick. We can not go into the heaven 

 nor can we go down into the earth. For reasons like these, there had been no 

 astronomical instruments (observations?) for many years after the creation. They 

 were afterward invented in the country called Jutania, in Europe. In China, 

 the reason of the eclipse was not explained until after many centuries, but in 

 the eighteenth year of Shigen in Gen (the'name of ancient China), that is, 1281, 

 A. D., it was understood clearly. Some astronomers have given their opinions 

 about the motion of the earth, and some have given their opinions about the mo- 

 tions in the heavens. And the opinions about the rain or the wind, etc., all rest 

 on the explanation of the male and female, or active and passive principles of 

 nature. The rain is a changed form of the male principle of nature and the 



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