604 MR ALEX. BUCHAN ON THE MEAN PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE 



TABLE I. — Showing the Mean Monthly and Annual Height 



Places. 



Country. 



Autho- -I 

 rities, 



ee page 

 635. 



dumber 



of 

 Years. 



Years 

 Specified. 



Hours of 

 Observa- 

 tion. 



Latitude. '. 



^ongitude. 



Height 

 n Eng. 

 Feet. 



Macao, 



Cbina 



4 



1 



? 



? 







22 



15 



o / 



113 36 



? 



Hong Kong, 



do. 



44 



6 



1853-59 



n- h 



22 



16 



114 10 



35 



Nafa, .... 



Pelew Islands 



4 



1 



? 



? 



26 



14 



127 46 



? 



Chacodate, . 



Japan 



26 



4J 5 - 



1859-63 



7, 9: 2, 9 



41 



48 



140 47 



150 



Decima (Nangasaki), . 



do. 



33 



M 



1845-48, 

 1852-55 



6,9: 3£,) 



10 / 



33 



44 



109 42 



26 



Erzroum, 



Turkey in Asia 



3 



i 



1836-38 • 



f tbrice ) 

 I daily J 



39 



57 



41 13 



? 



Scutari, 



do. 



45 



2 



1865-66 



9:3 



41 







29 3 



60 



Larnaka, Cyprus, 



Syria 



3 



3 



1866-69 



9:9 



34 



55 



33 39 



25 



Beyrout, 



do. 



4 



1 



? 



? 



33 



54 



35 29 



? 



Do., .... 



do. 



3 



1 



1868-69 



9: 10 



33 



54 



35 29 



160 



Jerusalem, . 



do. 



3 



8 



1861-68 



9: 



31 



47 



35 13 



2500 



Djedda, 



do. 



57 



M 



1831 and 

 1833 



} 9:3i 



21 



28 



39 13 



25 



Tor, .... 



do. 



57 



i 



T2" 



1831 



8|: 3* 



28 



13 



33 39 



18 



Aden, .... 



do. 



4 



2 



? 



? 



12 



46 



45 5 



199 



Mooltan, 



Hindostan 



58 



6 



1862-67 



10:4 



31 



11 



71 33 



450 



Roorkee, 



do. 



59 



4 



1865-68 



do. 



29 



52 



77 57 



880 



Nynee Tal, . 



do. 



59 



4 



do. 



do. 



29 



23 



79 31 



6433 



Agra, .... 



do. 



59 



4 



do. 



do. 



27 



10 



78 5 



551 



Nazirabad, . 



do. 



4 



4 



? 



? 



26 



18 



74 45 



1585 



Benares, 



do. 



59 



3 



1865-68 



10:4 



25 



2 



83 5 



260 



Calcutta, 



do. 



60 



12 



1856-67 



bourly 



22 



33 



88 21 



19 



Kurracbee, . 



do. 



45 



1 



1864 



9:3 



24 



51 



67 2 



? 



Bombay, . . 



do. 



61 



14 



1847-60 



bourly 

 C 9,10:1 



18 



54 



72 48 



35 



Poonab, 



do. 



98 



1 



1830 



4-5, 

 I 10-11 J 



18 



31 



74 6 



1823 



Secunderabad, 



do. 



62 



1 



1864 



4,10:4,10 



17 



25 



78 40 



1700 



Dodabetta, . 



do. 



63 



5 



1851-55 



9:3 



11 



32 



76 50 



8640 



Madras, 



do. 



64 



5 



1846-50 



bourly 



13 



4 



80 19 



27 



Do., .... 



do. 



64 



22 



1822-43 



red. 



do. 



do. 



27 



Merkera, 



do. 



27 



3 



1838-40 



9:5 



12 



46 



75 44 



4500 



Trivandrum, 



do. 



4 



H 



? 



? 



8 



31 



77 



130 



Colombo, 



do. 



44 



6 



1853-59 



9hH 



6 



56 



79 50 



18 



G-angaroowa, 



do. 



60 



H 



1863-64 



do. 



7 



17 



80 37 



1560 



Ava, .... 



do. 



4 



l 



? 



? 



21 



50 



96 5 



? 



Saigon, 



Cocbin Cbina 

 r East India "1 



51 



i* 



1867-68 



6,10:4,10 



10 



33 



106 33 



? 



Honolulu, 



I Islands and . 

 i Pacific J 



4 



l 



? 



? 



21 



16 



-157 59 



? 



Manilla, 



do. 



4 



l 



? 



? 



14 



36 



129 



? 



Sincapore, 



do. 



66 



l 



1866 



9: 



1 



17 



103 51 



50 



Raffles Ligbtbouse (Sin-' 



capore, 

 Padang, 



do. 



66 



2 



1866-67 



noon 



1 



9 



103 44 



65 



do. 



33 



H 



1850-53 



6,9: 3, 1C 



-0 



56 



100 2 



? 



Batavia, 



do. 



4 



l 



? 



? 



-6 



9 



106 53 



? 



Buitenzorg, . 



do. 



33 



12 



1841-54 



(6,9:3,1 



\ io J 



• -6 



37 



106 49 



889 



Samarang, . 



do. 



4 



1 



? 



-6 



50 



110 33 



? 



