COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 



Air of New Granada. 



Locality. 



1848. 



Weather. 



Mean of three 

 Analyses. 





Car- 

 bonic 

 acid per 

 1000. 



Oxygen 

 per cent. 



Santa Marta ... 



Mompox 



Eio Magdalena 

 Eio Magdalena 

 Honda ..." 



25 Jan. 



7 Feb. 

 18 Feb. 



3 Mar. 



29 Mar. 



5 Apr. 



2 Aug. 

 2 Aug. 

 2 Aug. 

 5 July 



8 July 



Clear 



Do 



Cloudy...... 



Covered ... 

 Very cloudy 

 Clear 



Do 



Cloudy 



Clear ...... 



Do. ...... 



Cloudy 



0*4616 

 0*3147 

 0*3259 



0-45S4 

 0*3226 

 1*1203 



2'4475 

 0*3068 

 1*2333 

 0*4994 

 0*5215 



21*02379 

 21*04936 

 21*03222 

 20*99826 

 20*99237 

 20*54833 



20*33075 

 20*99691 

 20*54479 

 21*63196 

 20*98995 



Suffocatiag hot; 

 wood burning 

 near. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Eain beginning. 



Ajnbalema 



Esperanza 



Guaduas 



Santa Ana 



Bogota 



Montserrat ... 



Lewy's Analyses of the Air of Bogota, 2645 metres 

 above the Sea. 







Carbonic 



Oxygen 





' 





acid in 



in 100 









1000 parts. 



parts. 





1850. 











7 Mar. 



Clear. . 



0*3864 



21-02099 



Fine. 



12 April 



do. . . 



0*3664 



21-00382 



After rain. 



8 May 



Covered 



0*3609 



20-99032 



V5^et. 



9 May 



do. . . 



0*3824 



20*99250 



Wet. 



15 June 



do. . . 



0*4192 



20*99506 



Less wet. 



24 July 



Clear . . 



0*4249 



21*01765 





19 Aug. 



Cloudy . 



0*5043 



21*01411 





23 Aug. 



Clear . . 



0*4812 



21*01826 



Very fine. 



I Sept. 



Cloudy . 



0*6178 



21*02434 





2 Sept. 



Clear. . 



0-7649 



21*01700 





2 Sept. 



Cloudy . 



1*6291 



20-96629 



The upper part of Montserrat 



2 Sejit. 



do. . . 



1*7040 



21*03011 



was covered with clouds, 



3 Sept. 



Clear. . 



1-5853 



21*01976 



and a white veil descended 



3 Sept. 



Cloudy. 



4*8963 



21*03176 



from the mountain. Many 



3 Sept. 



do. . . 



4"9043 



21-03197 



persons became ill. Thinks 



4 Sept. 



do. . . 



1*3261 



21-02927 



the carbonic acid due to a 



4 Sept. 



Covered 



0*8648 



21*00355 



wind called Las Quemas. 



8 Sept. 



Cloudy . 



I'2829 



21*02097 



After rain it disappeared. 



9 Sept. 



do. . . 



0*7512 



21*03082 





10 Sept. 



Clear . . 



0-4583 



21*03199 





12 Sept. 



Cloudy . 



0*4709 



21*02689 





3 Oct. 



do. . . 



0-4751 



21*02377 





