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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Aug. 24, 1888. 



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For sale, Brotherhood 3-cylinder Engine, 6 in. by 7 in., £?■ 

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For sale, double Launch Engine, by Plenty, 54 in. by 5 in. 

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Greenhouse Stoves, portable, require no chimney, no fixing, 

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A number of Microscope Objectives, Opera and Field Glasses, 

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Set 50, coloured Photographic Lantern Slides of LondoD, 6d. 

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Field Glass, by Steward, Strand, nearly new, cost 90s., bargain, 

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Proctor's " Star Atlas," and " Universe of Stars," 8s. free — 

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New powerful Microscope, case, tongues, object-glass. Ex- 

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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS 



For the ten weeks ending on Monday, August 13th, 1888. Specially prepared for Scientific News from official reports. 





Mean Temperature. 



Rainfall. 



Duration of Sunshine. 



Scotland, East 



54-0 degs. 



being 3 "8 degs. below average. 



7'oins., being 07 ins. ab 



)ve average. 



361 hrs. 



being 22 hrs. below 



average. 



England, N.E. 



537 „ 



» 42 ,, ,, ,, 



8'3 ,. , 



. 27 „ , 



j '> 



269 „ 



„ 10S : , „ 



ii 



England, East 



57-1 ,, 



»» 3'5 »> >> >i 



83 .> 



, 29 „ 



» ,1 



3°3 .» 



,, 149 -. 



,, 



Midlands 



5 6 ' 1 .» 



»* 3 ^ »> >> »» 



80 „ 



, 2-4 „ , 



, ,, 



250 ,, 



,, 107 „ 



ii 



England, South 



56-6 „ 



,, 2 ,, ,, ,, 



8'5 „ , 



■ 37 ., 





289 „ 



., 153 .. ., 



>i 



Scotland, West 



54-8 „ 



,, 10 II >5 ,, 



9'5 » 



, r8 „ 



, ,, 



361 ., 



.. 36 ,, 



»» 



England, N.W. 



557 „ 



», 32 »> >> j» 



9'4 .. 



, 17 „ 



j, ,, 



324 >. 



,, 66 ,, ,, 



ii 



England, S.W. 



566 „ 



,, 2-9 „ „ ,, 



9'4 .. 



, 22 „ 



,, ,, 



349 .i 



■i 118 „ „ 



,, 



Ireland, North 



55i .. 



)» 2 / ,, ,, ,, 



"'9„ 



, 3-8 „ 





324 >• 



,, 13 „ above 



>i 



Ireland, South 



56-6 „ 



,< i'9 „ ,, „ 



96 „ , 



, 29 ,. j 



, ,» 



358 „ 



,, 7 ,, below 



ii 



The Kingdom... 



55-6 „ 



>j 30 >» >» ,, 



9° „ 



> 2-5 „ , 



, '» 



3^9 .. 



., 75 » 



j, 



The highest temperatures as yet this year were reported during the last week of above period, namely, 85 degrees, at both 

 London and Cambridge. 



