Table III. Giving Rates of Distillation observed on the 

 16th, 17th and 18th May, 1882, at Sohag, Lat. 26° 37' N. 



1882 



May 



16 



Apparent 

 Solar 

 Time 



CM 



O 3} 



as 



Rate for 

 Distillation of 



10 c.c. 20 c.c. 





hr. min. sec. 



9 26 

 36 55 



c.c. 





 10 



c.c. per min 



0-916 



c.c. per min 



Cloudless sky, wind very 

 slight from the West, 



A.M. 



46 55 



20 



1-000 



0-956 



drawing to North on the 





56 40 



30 



1-026 





Nile. 





10 6 50 



40 



0-984 



1-002 







17 5 



50 



0-976 





Wind seems to be freshen- 





29 15 



60 



0-821 



0-893 



ing and comes in gusts, 





39 20 



70 



0-992 





retarding distillation. 





49 50 



80 



0-952 



0-972 







59 20 



90 



1-053 









11 8 5 



100 



1-144 



1-096 







12 















21 10 



10 



1-091 









29 45 



20 



1-166 



1-127 



- 





38 25 



30 



1-155 





* 





46 50 



40 



1-189 



1-171 







55 35 



50 



1-144 







P.M. 



12 3 50 



60 



1-212 



1-177 







12 5 



70 



1-213 









19 



80 



1-447 



1-330 



~~ 





27 10 



90 



1-225 









34 10 



100 



1-429 



1-327 







1 27 















35 



10 



1-250 









42 35 



20 



1-320 



1-285 







50 



30 



1-349 









2 15 30 















23 15 



10 



1-292 









31 30 



20 



1-213 



1-253 







40 



30 



1-177 









48 5 



40 



1-237 



1-207 







56 35 



50 



1-177 









3 4 40 



60 



1-237 



1-207 







16 55 



73 











22 50 



80 





1-101 





May 

 17 



8 34 

 51 











Eclipse total. 

 Exposed calorimeter. 



A.M. 



58 

 9 1 









Water begins to "sing." 

 Water begins to boil. 





3 

 17 











Water boils briskly. 

 Water begins to distil and 





19 30 



1 



0-400 





to be collected. 





21 















29 30 



5 



0-588 





Sky quite cloudless. 



