JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. I. 1858. 



Discussion of some Meteorological Observations made on 

 Parisnath Rill, by Dr. G. von Liebig. 



The following discussion of a few Meteorological observations 

 made on the Parisnath Hill in 1856, I submit to the Society less 

 because they contain any new facts, than with a view of drawing 

 attention to the peculiar advantages offered in India for the investi- 

 gation of meteorological questions by the great regularity of all 

 atmospheric changes. A few days observations in this country 

 will suffice to trace laws, the exhibition of which would, in Europe, 

 require months and years of continued observation. 



I would particularly wish to exhibit the use of conveniently situ- 

 ated stations, in different elevations, one above the other, as cal- 

 culated to study the changes affecting the whole of the atmospheric 

 strata between them. 



Parisnath hill is situated nearly 200 miles to the North "West of 

 Calcutta, close to the Trunk road. The hilly country begins about 

 120 miles from Calcutta, near Raneegunge, and the general level, 

 proceeding to the North West, is gradually raised. When the 

 trunk road reaches the base of Parisnath hill, its level is about 900 

 feet above that of Calcutta. The hills between Raneesrunge and 

 Parisnath are not continuously connected with each other, they 

 form no chain, but partake more of the character of isolated eleva- 

 tions, leaving tracts of open and undulating country between 

 them. 



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