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Meteorological Observations. 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta, 
im the month of August 1866. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
General aspect of the Sky. 
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S| 28 beens Wind a 5 
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17 soo (Se Ss Wo ee 1S, SoD 
18 1.36 |S.S. W. & S. W. 
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19 S.S. W. & variable} & 
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20 0.44 |W. & variable cn 
21 0.63 |S. & 8. by W. A 
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22 S. by E. & 8. 8. E. 
23 | 133.0 S.S. E. & 8. by E 
DAG. ch. EK. & H.S. E. 
25 0.12 |E-N. BE. & E. 8. E 
26 0.10 |S. E. & E. N. E 
27 0.30 |E. & 8. S. H. 
28 0.30 |S. E.& 8.8. E. 
29 3.14 |S. by W. & variable. 
30 | 133.0 8.&8.8. W. 
31 | 134.6 S.S. W. & S. by W. 
Overcast to 3 p. mM. \Wi to 7 P. 
M.\i afterwards. Light rain 
at2 & 9} a.m. & at lf P.M. 
\ni nearly the whole day. 
wi to3 a. Mm. Wi tolOa.M. 
Overcast afterwards, Rain at 
lla. m. 124 p.m. & from 5 to 
ll Pp. M. 
Overcast nearly the whole day. 
Lightning & Thunder at mid- 
night. Slight rain from mid- 
night to 2 4. M. & at 6 P. M. 
Overcast to 4 p. M. “i & Ni 
afterwards. Rain at 2 &3 4. 
mM. & at Noon. 
Overcast nearly the whole day. 
Rain from midnight to2 & 
at 5 & from 7 to 9 a. M. 
Seatd. \i to 8 a. M. “i tol p.m. 
Overcast to 6 Pp. M. Thin 
clouds afterwards. 
\ni to 9 A. M. Ai afterwards. 
\ni & Mi nearly the whole day. 
Light, rain at 3 P. M. 
“i & \\i nearly the whole day. 
Rain at 3 & 4P. M. 
Seatd. clouds to 7 4. M. “i to 
Noon. Overcast at 5 P. M. 
Scatd.cloudsafterwards, Rain 
at 1 & 45 P. M. 
Scatd. clouds to 11 a. m. Over- 
cast to 3 p.m. Thin clouds af- 
terwards, Rain at 113 a. m. 
Overcast to 6 a. M. \Wi & Seuds 
from E to 1] a.m.Thin clouds 
to 4, p. mM. Scatd. 71 afterwards. 
Rain ffom 2 to 5 A. M. at 10 a. 
mM, Noon 34 P. mu. & at 1O}P. u. 
Overcast to | P. M. ~i to 6 P. m. 
clear afterwards, rain from 3 
to5 a.M.at 8 a.m. & at 35P.M. 
ito 7 p.m. clear afterwards. 
Light rain at Noon... 
Clear to 2 4. M. Seatd. “i to 6 
p. m. clear afterwards. 
Mi Cirri, —i Strati,~i Cumuli,\—i Cirro-strati, ~ i Cumulo strati,~-i Nimbi, 
“i Cirro cumuli. 
