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A Twenty-fourth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [No. 5. 



have been blown down in the village — our Baingauge has also been 

 blown down, therefore we are unable to give the fall of rain. 



Standard Barometer at 10 a. m. 29.540 



State of the Weather. 



At Diamond Harbour. — From 6 a. m. blowing furiously from West, 

 and slight rain, the premises and the station huts have been much injured, 

 Weather cloudy. Thermometer at noon 83°. Wet bulb 78°. 

 Aneroid Barometer, at 1 p. m. 29.55 



at 4 p. m. 29.55 



On the 16th, fine Southerly breeze is reported. 



Register of the Barometer and Wind during the Gale of the l^th 

 and 15th Mag, lS52,on Board of the P. and O. Go's Steam Ship 

 Hind o stan, Garden Beach. 



Time. 



Bar. by 



Cox* 



Bar. by 



Lilley. 



Wind. 



Hindostan. Garden Eeach. 



8 A. M. 



29.67 

 29.58 



• • 



E. N. E. 



Friday, May 14th. 





Ther. 





Noon 



80° 





3 P. M. 



29.50 



29.52 



, m 







5.30 



29.46 



29.43 









8.0 



29.40 



29.36 



N. N. E. 



78 





9 



29.37 



29.33 









10 



29.27 



29.24 





75 





11 



29.19 



29.13 









Midn. 



29.9 



29.63 



North. 



75 





1 A. M. 



28.94 



28.84 



.. 



. 



Saturday, May 15th, 



2 



28.87 



28.83 



N.W. 



7*5 





2.50 



28.89 



28.88 









4 



29.01 



29.03 



West and 







5 



29.13 





W. N. W. 







6 



29.26 



29.23 





75 





8 



29.41 



29.35 





78 





11 



29.53 



29.42 









Noon 



29.55 



29.48 



W. by N. 



80 





* Barometer compared with the Standard at Madras Observatory, each Instru- 

 ment 30 feet above the level of the sea. 



H. Harris, 



