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CONTENTS. 



Table 



I. 



II. 



Ill 



IV. 



v. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



x. 



XI. 

 XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 

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XVI. 

 , XVII. 

 , XVIII. 



XIX. 

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XXI. 

 , XXII. 

 , XXIII. 

 , XXIV. 

 , XXV. 

 , XXVI. 

 , XXVIa. 

 , XXVII. 

 , XXVIII. 

 , XXIX. 

 , XXX. 

 , XXXI. 



MEAN SCOTTISH METEOKOLOGY. 



Part I.— LIST OF TABLES. 



Barometric Pressure (reduced to 32° and to the Sea-Level), 



Mean Barometric Bange, . 



Mean Temperature, . 



Mean Daily Range of Temperature, 



Mean of Black Bulb in the Sun, 



Mean of Black Bulb during Night, 



Humidity, .... 



Number of Days on which Bain Fell, 



Depth of Bain in Inches, . 



Mean Force of the Wind ; lbs. Avoir, on Sq. Foot, 



Winds— Northern Quarter, \ N.W., N., and \ N.E., 



Winds — Eastern Quarter, \ N.E., E., and \ S.E., 



Winds— Southern Quarter, \ S.E., S., and"| S.W., 



Winds— Western Quarter, \ S.W., W., and \ N.W., 



Mean Number of Hours of Sunshine, 



Mean Amount of Cloud, . 



Lightning — Mean Number of Days, 



Lightning — Number of Stations, 



Aurora — Mean Number of Days, 



Aurora — Number of Stations, 



Mean Maxima of Shade Temperature, 



Mean Minima of Shade Temperature, 



Accumulated Rainfall, 



Useful Plant-Growth Temperature, 



Progressive Accumulations of each kind of Useful Plant-Growth Temperature, 



Final Accumulations of Useful Plant-Growth Temperature, 



Black-Bulb Thermometers, Maxima and Minima Extremes, 



" Frost," in Depressions below the Freezing Point, 



" Fire," in Elevations above the Freezing Point, . 



Wind Force per Month, ...... 



Wind Force, Accumulated Quantities, 



Monthly Elements of all Scottish Meteorology, reduced to one Central 

 Geographical Point, viz.: Latitude = 56° 30' N.; Longitude = 3° 40' W. 

 and Height = 256 Feet (such point being further Distant from the 

 General Sea-Coast, on the East, 40 Miles ; on the West, 90 ; on the 

 North, 120; and on the South, 120 Miles); — and for the Mean of the 

 Years 1856 to 1887 inclusive, 



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Part II.— LIST OF PLATES. 



Plate 1, represents Table I., or Barometric Pressure ; and Table II., or Monthly Range of 

 Barometric Pressure. 

 „ 2, represents Composite Table I., viz., Mean of Barometric Pressure and Barometric Monthly 

 Range x 3. 



