ATMOSPHERE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT. 



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Table II. — The Number of Dust Particles in the Atmosphere for 1892— continued. 









O rr, 





, 



>> 







Place. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Number 



Particle 



per c.c. 



Wind. 



6s 



3 

 M 



State of 

 the Air. 



Remarks. 





May 

















Baveno . . 



12 



4.30 p.m. 



3,200 



N. 0-2 



63 



9 



Thickish 



On hill-side 1800 feet 

 up ; distant thunder. 







6.30 p.m. 



3,370 



S.E. 1 



65 



?J 



)> 



At lake-side. 



j; 



13 



9 A.M. 



4,100 



S.E. 0-2 



J) 



7 



Medium 



)> 







3.30 p.m. 



6,700 



?J 



64 



)) 



Clear 



On hill-side 1200 feet 

 up ; been thunder. 







4 p.m. 



4,800 



)) 



63 



)) 



)> 



On hill-side 1500 feet up. 







4.45 p.m. 



3,100 



N. 0-2 



61 



5-5 



»> 



On hill-side 2000 feet 

 up ; air off lake. 







6.30 p.m. 



2,600 



S.E. 2 



63 



8 



Medium 



At lake-side. 



;> 



14 



9 A.M. 



6,600 



S.E. 0-2 



66 



7 



j) 



>) 







2 P.M. 



4,700 



S.E. 1 



)) 



9 



» 



!) 







3.30 p.m. 



3,750 



1 



65 



8 



jj 



On hill-side 1200 feet 

 up ; air off lake. 







4 p.m. 



3,400 



S. 0-5 



64 



8-5 



j) 



On hill-side 1500 feet 

 up ; air off lake. 







4.45 p.m. 



3,150 



S. 1 



60-5 



6-5 



jj 



On hill-side 2000 feet 

 up ; air off lake. 



)) 



15 



12.30 p.m. 



4,400 



E. 0-2 



72 



9-5 



Thickish 



At lake-side. 







2 P.M. 



3,000 



E.S.E.0-5 



69 



9 



Medium 



)j 







3 p.m. 



2,700 



E.S.E. 1 



J) 



)> 



>) 



>; 



)> 



16 



10 A.M. 



2.30 p.m. 



3 p.m. 

 3.30 p.m. 



2,950 

 3,500 



3,400 



1,950 



S.E. 0-2 

 S. 1 



S. 0-5 



72 



10 



Thickish 



On steam-boat opposite 



Luino. 

 On steam-boat ; thunder 



in distance. 

 On steam-boat opposite 



Ascona ; been rain. 



Locarno . . 



16 



5.30 p.m. 



1,850 



W.S.W.0-2 



70 



10 



Medium 



On hill-side 800 feet up; 

 been thunder and rain. 



Lucerne . . 



18 



9.45 a.m. 



5,000 



E. 0-2 







>) 



On steam-boat on Lake 

 of Lucerne. 



Vitznau . . 



18 



10.30 A.M. 



3,550 



1 



54-5 



6 



>! 



Wind variable and 

 numbers variable. 



RlGI KULM . 



18 



1 P.M. 



5,100 



W.N.W.0-2 



43 



3 



Very thick 

 haze 



Snow on ground. 







2.30 p.m. 



3,900 



51 



43 



4 



J? 









3 p.m. 



3,450 



)) 



40 



3 



jj 



Lower part of Pilatus 

 nearly invisible. 







5.30 p.m. 



2,000 



)) 



40-5 



4 



>> 



Clouds all gone in even- 

 ing; Jungfrau Eiger, 

 &c, only just visible 

 through haze (Hoch- 

 gerrach not visible). 







7 P.M. 



1,920 



>> 



37 



3 



>> 





5» 



19 



8 A.M. 



1,125 



W. 0-5 



36 



3 



Thick haze 



Haze very thick to east. 







10 A.M. 



2,025 



W. 1 



38 



2 



>) 



Jungfrau Eiger, &c, seen 

 through thick haze. 







12 



1,925 



N.W. 05 



43 



4 



)> 



Cloudy. 







2 P.M. 



2,050 



N.W. 1 



41 



3-5 



3) 



Clouded all over. 







4 P.M. 



1,175 



N.W. 2 



40-5 



2-5 



Thick 









6 P.M. 



1,213 



)> 



>; 



3-5 



)> 









7 P.M. 



1,050 



!) 











