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Sect. IX.] 



METEOROLOGY. 



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b. Blue shj, be the atmosphere 



clear or heavy. 



c. Clouds. 







Sky 



Overcast. The whole 

 vered with thick clouds. 



co- 



Detached passing p. Passing, temporary showers 



clouds. 



d. Drizzlivg rain. 



/- Foggy. 



g. Gloomy dark weather. 



A. Hail. 



I. Lightning. 



Misty hazy atmosphere 



m. -£ 



q. Squally. 



Bain. Contmued rain. 



s. Snoto. 



t. Thunder^ 



u. Ugly threatening appearance. 



V. Visibility of objects ; clear at 



mosphere. 

 w. Wet. (Dew.) 



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E 



under any letter denotes a great degree. 



K contains only a column, Ka, for the quantity of 

 rain, melted snow or hail collected in the rain-gauge at 

 the regular liour. One entry a day will suffice, except 

 in rains of unusual heaviness or in paroxysmal discharges, 



r 



which will require special note. There will always bo 

 room in this column to note the temperature of the 

 falling rain, if remarkable. 



Finally, i is a small column at tlie edge of the page, 



of refi 



from 1 to the 



number of Imes of entry in the page, to connect eacii 

 entry with the remarks on it, or on any phenomenon which 

 may have occurred in the interval since the last entry, 

 which it will he probably necessary to enter on another 

 sheet or interleaved page (carrying at its left-hand edge 

 a similar reference column), or with any more extended 

 notes whi(ih may form part of a diary such as every 

 observant traveller or voyager ought to keep, and of 

 which a summary for the month, so far as relates 

 meteorological subjects, should be appended to each 

 monthly register. 



Another skeleton form, No. II., should be prepared 



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