THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT. 



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Table XVIII. — Hygrometrical Observations, taken April 22, 1848. 



Station. 



Hour. 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



Dew 



Point. 



Degree of 

 Humidity, 

 (complete 

 Saturation 

 1-000). 



State of the Weather. 



Wastdale Head, . 

 Brant Rigg, • . 

 Stye Head, . . . 

 Sprinkling Tarn, . 

 Great Gabel, . . 



h. m. 

 11-15 A.M. 



1-45 p.m. 

 2-45 p.m. 

 4-0 p.m. 

 60 p.ai. 



54°5 



46 



44 



41-5 



40 



490 



44 



42 



40-5 



39 



44-4 

 41-8 

 39-6 

 39-3 

 37-8 



0-708 

 •864 

 •858 

 ■928 

 •926 



Sky overcast, strong breeze. 



Mist extending below Sprinkling 

 Tarn. 



Enveloped in dense mist. 



A gale with heavy rain, par- 

 tially frozen. 



April 24, 1848. — Seatollar Common. Temperature at Seatliwaite, at 11 a.m., 46°; "Wet Bulb, 

 41°; Dew Point, 3 5 0- 5 ; Humidity, 0-694 ; at summit of Common, air temperature, 43° ; Wet Bulb, 

 39° ; Dew Point, 34°-2 ; and Humidity, 0-736. 



Table XIX. — Hygrometrical Observations taken on Sca Fell, April 21, and 



July 17, 1848. 















Degree of 





1848. 



Station. 



Hour. 



Dry 



Bulb. 



Wet 

 Buld. 



Dew 

 Point. 



Humidity, 



(complete 



Saturation 



1-000). 



State of the Weather. 



April 21, 



Wastdale Head, 



h. m. 

 11-40 A.M. 



58° 



52° 



47° 8 



0-708 



A strong breeze prevailed in the 

 valley throughout the afternoon. 



>) 



TopoftbePike, 



4-30 p.m. 



50 



45 



40 



•708 



Calm, overcast, followed by rain. 

 The clouds (evidently electric) 

 are generally below the summit. 



July 17, 



Foot of Mountain, 



11-45 A.M. 



60 



54 



49-8 



•710 



Light breeze, overcast. 



5> 



Top of Lingmell, 



2-10 p.m. 



48 



47-5 



47 



•965 



Fresh breeze, evercast. 



)> 



Spring on do., 



JJ 



47 



... 



... 



... 





>> 



Top of the Pike, 



3-30 p.m. 



44-2 



44-2 



44-2 



1-000 



Fresh breeze; enveloped in mist, 

 air saturated. 



July 16, 1848.— Stye Head. Temperature near Valley, 68°; Wet Bulb, 61° ; Dew Point, 56°-8 ;' 

 Humidity, 0-691 ; 5 p.m., temperature on Stye Head, 60°; Wet Bulb, 56°-5 ; Dew Point, 54°; Hu- 

 midity, 0-820. 



