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ME ROBERT COCKBURN MOSSMAN ON 



Note. — The following contractions have been used to denote the elements observed, viz., T. for temperature, 

 P. pressure, R. rainfall, W. wind direction, N. for weather notes, while C. indicates that all the foregoing 

 data are given, and that the record is complete. M. in the reference column signifies that the register is 

 in manuscript. 



No. of 

 Iiegister. 



Kept at. 



Observer. 



Years. 



Hours of 

 Observation. 



Nature of 

 Observations. 



Remarks. 



Reference. 



I. 



9 



? 



1731-36. 



8 or 10 a.m. and 

 4 or 6 p.m. 



c. 



Forbes (Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. Ed., vol. xviii. 

 p. 327) inclined to 

 the belief that the 

 observer was a 

 medical man resi- 

 dent in the vicinity 

 of the present 

 Royal Exchange. 



Medical Essays and 

 Observations, pub- 

 lished by a Society 

 in Edinburgh, 5 

 vols., 3rd ed., 1748. 



II. 







1764-70. 



8 A.M. 



T. 





Essays, Phil. Soc. 

 Edin., vol. iii. 



III. 



Hawkhill Ho. 



James Hot. 



1764-76. 



8 a.m. and 3 p.m. 



C. 



From Jan. 1771 to 



M. 





St Andrew Sq. 



do. 



1777-79. 



8 a.m. 



P. T. W. N. 



May 1776 the tem- 







and Pleasance. 











perature was read 







Mertown. 



do. 



1780-June '81. 



8 A.M. 



C. 



at 8 a.m., noon, 2, 

 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10 

 P.M., and at mid- 

 night. Up to 1770 

 the temperature 

 alone was taken. 

 The rain was not 

 measured from 

 1777-79. 





IV. 



Near the foot of 



9 



1785-93. 



Sunrise and 



T. P. K. N. 



The temperature 



Tables are given 





Arthur's Seat. 







noon. 





only was read twice 



in extenso in the 





Near the Castle. 





1794-98. 



do. 



do. 



a day. The hour 



monthly numbers 





At Barn ton, 3£ 





1799-1817. 



do. 



do. 



at which the ether 



of the Edinburgh 





miles west of 











observations were 



Magazine, after- 





Edinburgh. 











made is not stated, 

 but was probably 

 noon. 



wards the Scots 

 Magazine. 



V. 



2 



9 



1787-1831. 



8 a.m. and 8 p.m. 



T. N. 



The daily min. temp, 

 was given after 

 1802. 



Edinburgh Adver- 

 tiser. Newspaper 

 from which the 

 observations were 

 extracted. 



VI. 



Windmill St. 



Prof. Playfair. 



1794-99. 



8 A.M., 2 P.M., 

 10 P.M. 



C. 



The values given are 

 monthly means and 

 extremes. 



Trans. Boy. Soc. 

 Ed., vols. iv. p. 

 213, and v. p. 193. 



VII. 



Near George IV. 

 Bridge. 



Alex. Aran. 



1795-1805. 



8 A.M. and 8 p.m. 



C. 



Forbes, in his "Cli- 

 mate of Edin- 



Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 Ed., vol. xxii. p. 





Canaan Cottage. 





1821-31 and 



10 A.M. and 10 



C. 



burgh," discusses 



327 ; Edin. Jour. 









1838-50. 



P.M. 





the observations of 



Science, 1824-32; 





Regent Terrace. 





1832-37. 



10 A.M. and 10 



P.M. 



C. 



temperature and 

 rain. The daily 

 max. and min. tem- 

 peratures were not 

 observed till 1821. 



Original MSS., 

 1840-50. 



VIII. 



Coates Hall. 



J. M'Farlane. 



1811-19. 



? 



W. N. 





M. 



IX. 



St John's Hill 

 and York PI. 



G. Waterston. 



1797-1850. 



9 A.M., 4 P.M. 



Midt. 



C. 



The rainfall, how- 

 ever, is given 

 monthly for a few 

 years only. The 

 dailv observations 

 taken from 1808-16 

 are not known to 

 be in existence, 

 but monthly means 

 have been pre- 

 served for this 

 period. 



M. 



X. 



Calton Hill Ob- 



9 



1817-26. 





C. 



In extenso in the 





servatory. 













monthly numbers 

 of Scots Magazine. 



XI. 



Leith. 



J. Coldstream. 



1822-27. 



9 a.m. and 9 p.m. 



C. 



The values for one 

 or two years were 

 published in Edin. 

 Phil. Jour. 



M. 



XII. 



Canonmills. 



Pat. Nkill and 

 F. Foggo. 



1822-27. 



Morning and 

 evening. 



T. P. N. 





M. 



XIII. 



•> 



Dr Gairdner. 



1820-36. 



8 A.M. till 1828, 

 then 8 a.m. 

 and 8 P.M. 



t. r. n. 



Interesting notes on 

 epidemics and pub- 

 lic health generally 

 are given at the 



close of each month. 



i 



M. 



