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PROFESSOR C. PIAZZI SMYTH ON 



Table IV.— PARALLEL OBSERVATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH 

 METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Year. 



Country and Town Stations. 



Town Stations Only. 



Air Shade 



Rainfall 



Air Shade 



Rainfall. 





Temperature. 





Temperature. 





Mean Annual. 



Annual Depth. 



Mean Annual. 



Annual Depth. 





o 



inches. 



» 



inches. 



1877 



457 



51-83 



46-6 



48-37 



1878 



46-8 



36-28 



47-5 



29-93 



1879 



43-9 



36-43 



44-6 



34-06 



1880 



46-4 



34-73 



47-4 



3007 



1881 



44-7 



39-54 



45-3 



37-17 



1882 



46-7 



44-92 



47-6 



42-31 



1883 



46 



40-38 



47-0 



37-30 



1884 



46-7 



39-44 



47-5 



86 66 



1885 



44-9 



35-42 



46-1 



29-48 



1886 



44-9 



37-93 



45-8 



34-67 



1887 



46-0 



30-96 



46-8 



27-02 



1888 











SUPPLEMENT TO THE EARTH THERMOMETER PAPER, viz. 



THREE YEARS' OBSERVATIONS, 1880, 1881 AND 1882, AT KEW OF NEW SUN-SPOTS, AND 

 AT EDINBURGH OF THREE EARTH-THERMOMETERS, t 3, t 2, AND t 1, (Deepest). 



The above Observations collected and exhibited both numerically and graphically, in three different 



modes ; viz., by 



I. Annual Means or Sums, collected Quarterly. 



II. Annual Means or Sums, collected Monthly. 



III. Annual Means or Sums, collected Weekly. 



Table I. Annual Means, or Sums, collected Quarterly. 



Simple Quarterly Means of Earth Thermometers. 



Annual Means of Earth Thermometers collected Quarterly, 



New Sunspots, Annual Sums 

 collected Quarterly. 



Year. 



Quarter. 



Therm. 1. 



Therm. 2. 



Therm. 3. 



Middle Date. 



Therm. 1. 



Therm. 2. 



Therm. 3. 



Middle Date. 



Sums. 

















Diff. 



Diff. 



Diff. 





Diff. 



1880 



Jan. Feb. March 



46-36 



43-89 



40-92 



1880 



June 30 



46-33 



46-02 



45-98 



1880 June 30 



70 





April May June 



45-48 



44-20 



45-19 







+ ' 7 



- - n 



-'5° 





+ • 9 





July Aug. Sept. 



46-12 



48-06 



52 07 





Sept. 30 



46-40 



45-91 



45-48 



Sept. 30 



79 





Oct. Nov. Dec. 



47-35 



47-91 



45-75 







-• 5 



-•26 



-'34 





+ •19 















Dec. 30 



46-35 



— -io 



45-65 



- -21 



45-14 



-'43 



Dec. 30 



98 

 + •12 



1881 



Jan. Feb. March 



46-63 



43-48 



38-90 



1881 



March 30 



46-25 



45-44 



-•16 

 45-28 



+ •32 

 45-60 



44-71 



1881 Mar. 30 



110 





April May June 



July Aug. Sept. 

 Oct. Nov. Dec. 



45-28 

 45-73 

 46-86 



43-14 



47-22 

 47-28 



43-82 

 50-38 

 45-72 





June 30 

 Sept. 30 



-' J 3 

 46-12 



46-09 



44-70 



+ "93 

 45-63 



June 30 

 Sept. 30 



+ 7 

 117 



+ •13 

 130 

















+ 'iS 



+ '44 



+ - 45 





+ • S 















Dec. 30 



46-24 



46-04 



46-08 



Dec. 30 



135 



1882 



Jan. Feb. March 



46-50 



44-77 



42-59 







+ "i7 



+ •27 



+ •32 





-• 6 





April May June 



45-87 



44-88 



45-61 



1882 



March 30 



46-41 



46-31 



46-40 



1882 Mar. 30 



129 





July Aug. Sept. 



46-41 



48-30 



51-70 







+ -iS 



+ •17 



- -oi 





+ •11 





Oct. Nov. Dec. 



47-48 



47-98 



45-65 





June 30 



46-56 



46-48 



46-39 



June 30 



140 



