THE KANSAS WEATHER SERVICE^ 
249 
out for millions of miles from the Sun's disk. In the photographs of the Egyp- 
tian eclipse of last summer these streamers can be traced back of each other 
where they cross; no better proof of their extreme tenuity could be given. 
The duration of an eclipse of the Sun depends on three things, the distance 
of the Sun from the earth, the distance of the Moon from the earth, and the dist- 
ance of the station from the equator. All or these were favorable to a long eclipse 
in the case of the recent one, and the six minutes of totality gave opportunities 
for deliberate work not often enjoyed. For the complete result we must await 
the official report. 
METEOROLOGY. 
REPORT FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CENTRAL STATION, 
WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA, KANSAS. 
BY PROF. J, T. LOVEWELL, DIRECTOR. 
The usual summary by decades is given below. 
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 
June 20tli 
to 30th. 
67.6 
85-9 
73-0 
75-5 
.92 
.76 
.90 
•^l 
29.15 
29.02 
29.06 
29.07 
8.6 
12. 1 
7- 
2103 
2.8 
5-2 
1.8 
2.15 
July 1st 
to loth. 
73.8 
72.4 
72.4 
74-3 
.91 
•77 
.90 
.86 
29.47 
29.06 
29.06 
29.19 
II. 5 
17.1 
10.7 
2829 
3-0 
5-1 
3-0 
3-07 
July loth 
to 20th. 
74.2 
88.4 
73-4 
77.3 
.90 
.72 
•87 
.83 
28.96 
28.92 
28.91 
28.93 
6.5 
4.1 
3.8 
2863 
6.5 
4.1 
3.8 
•58 
Mean. 
71.9 
839 
72.9 
76.2 
.91 
.75 
.89 
.85 
29.19 
29.00 
29.01 
29.03 
8.9 
II. I 
7.2 
7795 
3-8 
4.8 
2.8 
5.80 
