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A Twentieth Memoir on the Law of Storms. 



[No. 8. 



State of Barometer and Thermometer at False Point on the 26th 

 and 27th April, 1850. 



April 26th. 



Hours. 



Barometer. 



Thermometer. 



Winds. 



8 A. M 



29.80 

 29.80 

 29.78 

 29.78 

 29.78 

 29.70 

 29.70 

 29.60 



80° 

 81° 

 82° 

 82°30 

 81° 

 81° 

 81° 

 80° 



East. 



10 a. m 



East. 



Noon, 



East. 



2 P. M 



East. 



5 P. M 



7 P. M 



S. E. 



South. 



8 P. M 



s. w. 



Midnight, 



s. w. 



27th. 



Hours. 



Barometer. 



Thermometer. 



"Winds. 



2.30 a. m 



8 A. M 



29.60 

 29.60 

 29.68 

 29.73 

 29.75 

 29.76 

 29.80 

 29.80 



80° 

 79°30 

 79° 

 80°30 

 81°30 

 82° 

 81° 

 80o 



N. W. 

 S. S. E. 



10 A. M 



Noon, 



S. S. E. 

 South. 



2 P. M 



5 P. M 



S. bv W. 

 S. by W. 

 S. bv W. 



8 P. M 



Midnight, 



S. by W. 



Balasore. 



Statement of the Gale of the 27th April, 1850, with notes of Barome- 

 ter and Thermometer from the 2 4 th instant , by A. Bond, Esq, 

 Master Attendant, Balasore, 



<2,§th April, 1850. — Cloudy and threatening with light breeze from N. E. with 

 slight rain at times, Barometer falling; 29.70 at 2 p. m. ; at 5 p. m. 29.60, and 

 every appearance of an approaching gale ; ordered the Orissa's anchors out* 

 with a long range of chain, head and stern ; at 9 p. m. breeze freshening with 



* A Government schooner stationed at Balasore. 



