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PROFESSOR C. PIAZZI SMYTH ON 



Table II.— ORIGINAL OBSERVATIONS OE THE NEW EARTH THERMOMETERS, AND CERTAIN 

 AUXILIARY THERMOMETERS AT ROYAL OBSERVATORY, EDINBURGH, 1879-1888. 





Month 



U. 



t% 



<J3. 



t 4. 



tb. 



Air. 



























Year. 



and 



















Surface 





Observers. 



Remarks. 





Day. 



Each 



Monthly 



Each 



Monthly 



Each 



Monthly 



Each 



Monthly 



Therm. 



Each 











Heading. 



Means. 



Reading. 



Means. 



Reading. 



Means. 



Reading. 



Means. 



Each 

 Reading. 



Reading. 







1879 



Oct. 6 



46-55 





48-19 





49-02 





48-80 





47-1 



50-7 



A.W.andT.H. 



Thermo- 





13 



46-66 





48-12 





48-72 





48-08 





46-5 



49-0 





meters 





20 



46-73 



46-69 



48-04 



48-04 



47-49 



48-10 



46-02 



47-I5 



42-5 



44-9 



!» " 



inserted 





27 



46-80 





47-82 





47-17 





45-70 





41-3 



43-0 



»> •>■> 



June 26 

 1879. 





Nov. 3 



46-90 





47-65 





46-21 





43-69 





40-9 



44-2 



_ 



The air 





10 



46-94 





47-42 





45-61 





44-85 





42-0 



41-5 





tempera- 





17 



47-01 



46-96 



47-20 



47-29 



44-65 



45-26 



42-08 



43-26 



44-7 



50-2 



>> >', 



ture en- 





24 



47-01 





46-90 





44-59 





42-44 





38-3 



39-4 



?» » 



tered here, 

 is never 





Dec. 1 



47-01 





46-62 





43-09 





39-30 





32-2 



29-9 



>; 



the mean 





8 



47-02 





46-31 





41-25 





37-08 





31-5 



35-4 





daily tem- 





15 



47-04 



46-98 



45-85 



45-81 



40-28 



41-20 



38-17 



38-5I 



41-7 



46-2 



» J M 



perature, 





22 



46-97 





45-38 





40-60 





37-99 





36-9 



39-5 





but the 





29 



46-88 





44-90 





40-79 





39 99 





39-6 



40-1 



1? )» 



unduly 



elevated 



tempera- 



1880 



Jan. 5 



46-88 





44-82 





41-48 





40-88 





42-7 



47-1 



>1 



ture near 





12 



46-78 



4673 



44-62 



44 '56 



41-90 



40-87 



40-01 



3875 



32-7 



30-9 





noon, the 





19 



46-68 



44-51 



40-54 



37-68 



32-1 



30-2 



" " 



hour when 





26 



46-59 





44-28 





39-55 





36-42 





32-0 



32-7 





the obser- 

 vations 





Feb. 2 



46-51 





43-98 





39-67 





39-70 





43-2 



47-0 





were al- 





9 



46-43 



46 '39 



43-69 



43 "69 



40-82 





40-33 





35-0 



34-4 





ways 





16 



46-36 



43-58 



40-54 



40-52 



39-52 



40" 1 1 



39-5 



41-8 





taken. 





23 



46-24 





43-50 





41-05 





40-90 





39-5 



40-3 



JJ JJ 







Mar. 1 



46-14 





43-43 





41-30 





41-32 





41-4 



39-2 









8 



46-07 





43-42 





41-43 





41-72 





40-0 



43-4 



JJ JJ 







15 



45-97 



45 '97 



43-40 



43 '42 



41-69 



41-37 



41-40 



40-90 



40-2 



43-1 



JJ 19 







22 



45-88 





43-45 





41-43 





40-25 





37-2 



38-2 









29 



45-81 





43-42 





41-01 





39-80 





41-2 



46-1 



JJ JJ 







April 5 



45-74 





43-35 





41-69 





41-70 





41-3 



45-1 



JJ JJ 







12 



45-67 





43-34 





42-14 



42-36 



42-40 





40-7 



42-8 









19 



45-58 



45-62 



43-35 



43 '37 



42-38 



42-78 



42-67 



46-6 



40-9 









26 



45-47 





43-44 





43-23 





4379 





41-5 



44-5 



J> JJ 







May 3 



45-48 





43-61 





43-59 





44-67 





43-7 



41-9 









10 



45-42 





43-76 





44-29 





45-09 





46-7 



48-7 



JJ JJ 







17 



45-44 



45 '42 



43-99 



44-00 



44-71 



45'°3 



45-41 



46-23 



453 



50-1 



JJ J» 







24 



45-43 





44-19 





46-06 





48-19 





47-7 



49-3 









31 



45-35 





44-46 





46-50 





47-79 





48-4 



50-7 



JJ JJ 







June 7 



45-35 





44-76 





47-12 





48-52 





48-0 



51-5 









14 



45-37 





45-08 





47-48 





49-68 





51-5 



54-3 









21 



45-43 



45'4i 



45-37 



45 ' 2 3 



48-60 



48-18 



50-90 



SO - 30 



52-6 



54-0 









28 



45-49 





45-72 





49-51 





52-12 





57-9 



63-3 



JJ JJ 







July 5 



45-53 





46-11 





50-40 





52-73 





53-8 



59-2 









12 



45-62 





46-59 





50-71 





5275 





52-8 



56-8 



T. H. 







19 



45-69 



45 '65 



46-91 



4672 



50-97 



50-89 



52-96 



53 '05 



55-0 



59-5 









26 



4578 





47-25 





51-49 





53-77 





56-0 



57-8 



)J 







Aug. 2 



45-82 





47-54 





51-60 





52-82 





55-6 



58-1 



A. W. 







9 



45-94 





47-83 





51-82 





53-81 





54-7 



60-0 









16 



46-14 



46-08 



4812 



48'i3 



52-78 



52-48 



55 57 



54-60 



56-5 



56-9 



C. P. S. 



The fill- 





23 



46-16 





48-38 





52-95 





55*06 





57-0 



58-0 



A. W. 



ing up 





30 



46-32 





48-76 





53-23 





55-75 





60-2 



65-8 



JJ 



earth in 

 the bore- 





Sept. 6 



46-43 





48-97 





53-68 





56-30 





56-7 



60-1 



A.W.andT.H. 



hole, is 





13 



46-57 



46-62 



49-24 





53-46 



S2-83 



54-62 





53-4 



54-6 





greatly 





20 



46-66 



49-47 



49 '3 2 



52-52 



51-89 



53"79 



46-5 



50-1 





contracted 





27 



46-84 





49-61 





51-67 





52-34 





53-3 



56-6 



JJ JJ 



or lower- 

 ed. 





Oct. 4 



46-94 





49-53 





51-53 





50-52 





43-2 



43-2 







11 



47-09 





49-52 





4<»'.»2 



49-48 



48-14 





42-8 



42-3 









18 



47-21 



47'H 



49-36 



49'38 



49-09 



48-07 



47-66 



47-8 



52-2 



JJ >J 







25 



47-33 





49-12 





47-37 





43-89 





42-3 



47-0 



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