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



TABLE I. — Showing the Mean Monthly and Annual Height 



Places. 



Country. 



Autho- 

 rities, 

 ee page 

 635, 



Number 



of 

 Tears. 



Tears 

 Specified. 



Hours of 

 Observa- 

 tion. 



Latitude. 



Longitude. 



Height 



in Eng. 



Feet. 



Melville Island, . 



Arctic 



4 



1 



1819-20 



? 



o ; 



75 40 



-112 3 







Port Bowen, 



do. 



4 



1 



1824-25 



? 



73 13 



-88 54 







E. of Greenland, . 



do. 



83 



M 



1807-12, 

 1822 



> noon 



( 66 to 

 \ 80 34 



about ) 

 -7 0/ 







Sitka, .... 



Russian America 



26 



17 



1848-64 



f hourly 



\&4,6,&c. 



9*: H 



I 56 50 

 49 13 



-135 



20 



New Westminster, 



British Columbia 



84 



2 



1860-61 



-122 53 



54 



Esquimault Harbour, . 



Vancouver 



85 



1 



do. 



? 



48 25 



-123 -27 







Astoria, 



Oregon 



86 



2*{ 

 9 



1859-60 

 1866 



} ' 



7:2,9 



46 8 



-123 48 



? 



Sacramento, 



California 



86 



1858-66 



38 35 



-121 28 



81 



San Francisco, 



do. 



86 



9 



do. 



do. 



37 48 



- 122 23 



86 



Great Salt Lake City, . 



Utah 



87 



2 



1858-59 



6,9:3,9 



40 45 



-111 26 



4260 



St John's, 



Newfoundland 



44 



6 



1853-59 



H- H 



47 35 



-52 42 



130 



Halifax, 



Nova Scotia 



44 



M 



1853-56, 

 1858 



I do. 



44 39 



-63 37 



8 



Do., 



do. 



45 



2 



1864-65 



9: 3 



44 39 



-63 36 



137 



Albion Mines, 



do. 



27 



10 

 f 



1843-52 

 1853-55, 



noon 

 1 i 



45 34 



-62 42 



128 



Quebec, 



Canada East 



44, 45 



3i l 



1858, 

 1866 



>9J : 3£ 



46 48 



-71 12 



230 



St Martin's, 



do. 



87 



6 



1854-59 



6: 2, 10 



45 32 



-73 36 



118 



Kingston, 



Canada West 



44 



4i 



do. 



H- n 



44 14 



-76 31 



294 



Toronto, 



do. 



88,71 



28 



1840-67 



6:2, 10 



43 39 



-79 2 



342 



Do., 



do. 



88 



11 



1857-67 



do. 



do. 



do. 



342 



Do., 



do. 



88 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



do. 



do. 



342 



Hamilton, . - . 



do. 



87, 99 



11 



1849-59 



9: 9 



43 15 



-79 57 



290 



G-ardiner, 



Maine, U.S. 



87 



5 



1855-59 



7:2,9 



44 11 



-69 46 



90 



Steuben, 



do. 



87 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



44 28 



-67 50 



50 



Amherst, 



Massachusetts 



87 



6 



do. 



do. 



42 22 



-72 34 



267 



New Bedford, 



do. 



87 



6 



do. 



do. 



41 39 



-70 56 



90 



Nantucket, . 



do. 



87 



6 



do. 



do. 



41 16 



-70 6 



30 



Burlington, . 



Vermont 



87 



M 



1854-56, 

 1858-59 



1 do. 



44 29 



-73 11 



346 



Providence, 



Rhode Is. 



89 



29 



1832 60 



sr: 2, 10 



41 50 



-71 23 



170 



Do., 



do. 



89 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



do. 



do. 



170 



Rochester, . 



New York 



87 



4 



1856-59 



7: 2,9 



43 8 



-77 51 



516 



Bedford, 



Pennsylvania 



87 



*{ 



1854-56, 

 1858 



1 do. 

 do. 



40 1 



-78 30 



900 



Harrisburg, 



do. 



87 



6 



1854-59 



40 16 



-76 50 



280 



Pittsburg, . 



do. 



87 



6 



do. 



various 



40 30 



-80 00 



960 



Lambertville, 



New Jersey 



87 



6 



do. 



7:2,9 



40 23 



-74 56 



? 



"Washington, 



J District of | 

 I Columbia j 



87 



6 



do. 



do. 



(0, 3, 6,| 

 \ 9,12: 

 I 3, 6, 9 J 



38 56 



-76 58 



40 



Do., 



do. 



90 



5 



1862-66 



38 56 



-76 58 



103 



















Portsmouth, 



Virginia 



87 



3 



1857-59 



7:2,9 



36 50 



-76 19 



34 



Chapel Hill, 



N. Carolina 



87 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



35 54 



-79 17 



500 



All Saints, . 



S. Carolina 



87 



5 



1855-59 



do. 



33 40 



-79 17 



20 



Athens, 



Georgia 



87 



2 



1857-59 



do. 



33 58 



-83 30 



730 



Savannah, (at sea level ?) 



do. 



87 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



32 5 



-81 7 



42 



