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



TABLE I.— Showing the Mean Monthly and Annual Height 



Places. 



Country. 



Autho- 

 rities, 

 see page 

 635. 



Number 



of 

 Years. 



Years 

 Specified. 



Hours of 

 Observa- 

 tion. 



Latitude. 



Longitude 



Height 

 in Eng. 



Feet. 



Jacksonville, 



Florida 



87 



6 



1854-59 



7: 2, 9 



/ 



30 30 



o / 



-82 



13 



Warrington, 



do. 



87 



^is 



j 1854-57 

 ( 1859 

 1855-57 



i do. 

 do. 



30 20 



-87 16 



12 



Auburn, 



Alabama 



87 



3 



32 37 



-85 34 



? 



Columbus, . 



Mississippi 



87 



4 



1856 59 



do. 



33 30 



-88 29 



227 



Washington, 



Texas 



87 



2 



1858-59 



do. 



30 26 



-96 15 



360 



Sisterdale, . 



do. 



87 



1 



1859 



do. 



29 54 



-98 35 



1320 



Goliad, 



do. 



87 



1 



1858 



do. 



28 40 



-97 35 



50 



Memphis, . 



Tennessee 



87 



H 



1857-59 



do. 



35 8 



-90 00 



262 



Glen wood, . 



do. 



87 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



36 28 



-87 13 



481 



Springdale, . 



Kentucky 



87 



6 



do. 



various 



38 7 



-85 24 



570 



Cincinnati, . 



Ohio 



87 



4 



1856 59 



7:2,9 



39 6 



-84 28 



500 



Marquette, . 



Michigan 



87 



24 



1857-59 



do. 



46 32 



-87 41 



630 



Ottawa Point, 



do. 



87 



H 



1858-59 



6,9: 3,9 



44 16 



-83 25 



600 



New Harmony, . 



Indiania 



87 



6 



1854-59 



7:2,9 



38 8 



-87 50 



320 



Wheaton, . 



Illinois 



87 



2 



1858-59 



do. 



41 49 



-88 6 



682 



St Louis, 



Missouri 



87 



6 



1854-59 



do. 



38 37 



-90 16 



482 



Beloit, 



Wisconsin 



87 



6 



do. 



do. 



42 30 



-89 4 



780 



Dubuque, 



Iowa 



87 



6 



do. 



do. 



42 30 



-90 52 



680 



Beaver Bay, 



Minnesota 



87 



14 



1858-59 



do. 



47 12 



-91 19 



650 



Lawrence, . 



Kansas 



87 



2 



1857-59 



do. 



38 58 



-95 12 



800 



Leavenworth City, 



do. 



87 



14 



1858-59 



do. 



39 20 



-94 33 



1342 



Cordova, 



Mexico 



87 



2 



do. 



9: 9 



19 26 



-97 51 



2820 



Vera Cruz, . 



do. 



87 



2* 



1857-59 



J6 to 9 :) 



(9 to 11/ 



7: 2,9 



19 10 



-96 8 



26 



Guatimala, . 



Central America 



40 



2 



1860-61 



14 17 



-90 26 



4856 



Port of Anapala, 



do. 



100 



i 



4 



1857 



7: 2, 9 



13 8 



-87 34 







Belize, 



Brit. Honduras 



71 



1 

 vr 



1862-63 



? 



17 32 



-88 9 



? 



Bermuda, 



West Indies 



44 



34 



1855-59 



94: H 



32 23 



-64 40 



123 



Nassau, Bahama, 



do. 



44 



6 



1853-59 



do. 



25 4 



-77 22 



13 



Havanna, Cuba, . 



do. 



40 



3 



1859-61 



8, 12:4,8 



23 8 



-82 22 



66 



Up Park Camp, Jamaica, 



do. 



44 



6 



1853-59 



94: H 



18 



-76 56 



225 



Barbadoes, . 



do. 



44 



6 



do. 



do. 



13 5 



-59 4 



5 



Do., 



do. 



45 



2 



1865-66 



9: 3 



do. 



do. 



15 



Port of Spain, Trinidad, 



do. 



87 



6 

 12 



1856-57 



9: 3 



10 39 



-61 34 



16 



Caledonia Bay, 



New Granada 



67 



4 



1854 



3, 9: 3. 9 



8 54 



-77 45 







Cartagena, . 



do. 



67 



4 



do. 



0. 



10 22 



-75 32 







Bogota, 





35 



2 



1848-50 



9: 3 



4 35 



-74 14 



8727 



Caraccas, 



Venezuela 



92 



1 



1860 



? 



10 31 



-66 55 



2924 



George Town, 



British Guiana 



91 



11 



1846-56 



(8,9,10:) 

 12, 3, 4/ 

 9, 12: 3,9 



6 50 



-58 8 



10 



Cayenne, 



French do. 



35 



6 



1845-52 



4 56 



-55 39 



7 



Catherina Sophia, 



Dutch do. 



87 



2 



1858-59 



6:2,6 



5 48 



-56 47 



? 



Geara, 



Brazil 



37 



1 



1860 



? 



-3 43 



-38 35 



? 



Pernambuco, 



do. 



4 



A 



? 



? 



-8 



-35 53 



? 



Rio de Janeiro, . 



do. 



4 



6 



1851-56 



? 



-22 57 



-43 7 



224 



Asuncion (and vicinity), 



Paraguay 



101 



12 



1854-55 



(0, 3,6,1 

 \ 9, &c. J 



-25 16 



-57 43 



307 



Buenos Ayres(& vicinity), 



La Plata 



101 



24 



1853-56 



/0, 3,6,1 

 { 9, &c. J 

 sr: 2. ss 



-34 36 



-58 23 



60 



Monte Video, 



Uruguay 



102 



10 



1843-52 



-34 54 



-58 33 



26 



Santiago de Chile, 



Chili 



4 



3 



1850-52 



?' 



-33 22 



-70 38 



1900 



