﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Ktw 
  Committee. 
  

  

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  direction 
  are 
  suspended 
  for 
  the 
  present, 
  to 
  be 
  resumed 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  

   instrument 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  condition. 
  

  

  The 
  daily 
  record 
  of 
  temperature 
  from 
  Thermometers 
  at 
  different 
  eleva- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  the 
  Pagoda 
  in 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  Gardens, 
  Kew, 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  

   Meteorological 
  Committee, 
  was 
  continued 
  up 
  to 
  August, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  

   interrupted, 
  to 
  be 
  resumed 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Verifications. 
  — 
  This 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  Observatory 
  has 
  exhibited 
  

   increased 
  activity, 
  especially 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  verification 
  of 
  Thermometers 
  

   and 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  Standard 
  Thermometers. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  magnetic 
  instruments 
  have 
  been 
  verified 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Constants 
  have 
  been 
  determined 
  for 
  

  

  A 
  Unifilar 
  for 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Clerk 
  Maxwell, 
  F.B.S. 
  

  

  „ 
  Prof. 
  Balfour 
  Stewart, 
  F.B.S. 
  

  

  „ 
  Eev. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Perry, 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  „ 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  Adie. 
  

  

  A 
  Magnet 
  „ 
  Lisbon 
  Observatory. 
  

  

  „ 
  Prof. 
  Buys 
  Ballot, 
  Utrecht. 
  

  

  „ 
  ,, 
  Prof. 
  Smirnow, 
  Kasan. 
  

  

  3 
  Magnets 
  „ 
  Kew-Observatory 
  stock. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  instruments 
  have 
  been 
  verified 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  2 
  Dip- 
  circles 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Casella. 
  

  

  1 
  Dip-circle 
  „ 
  Prof. 
  Wild, 
  St. 
  Petersburg. 
  

  

  1 
  „ 
  „ 
  The 
  Imperial 
  Admiralty, 
  Berlin. 
  

  

  2 
  Fox's 
  Circles 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  . 
  

   2 
  Needles 
  „ 
  Prof. 
  Smirnow. 
  

  

  2 
  „ 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  van 
  Eijckevorsel. 
  

   1 
  „ 
  „ 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Challenger.' 
  

  

  3 
  Azimuth 
  Compasses 
  for 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  Geographical 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  complete 
  set 
  of 
  Magnetographs 
  for 
  the 
  Eev. 
  A. 
  M. 
  Colombel, 
  

   S. 
  J. 
  for 
  Zi-ka-wei, 
  near 
  Shanghai, 
  have 
  been 
  verified 
  and 
  forwarded 
  to 
  

   their 
  destination. 
  

  

  A 
  set 
  of 
  similar 
  instruments 
  has 
  been 
  ordered 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Pujazon 
  for 
  

   the 
  Marine 
  Observatory 
  of 
  San 
  Fernando, 
  near 
  Cadiz. 
  

  

  The 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  which 
  relates 
  to 
  Meteorology 
  is 
  entrusted 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Baker. 
  The 
  meteorological 
  instruments 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  verified 
  

   are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Barometers, 
  Standards 
  110 
  

  

  ,, 
  Marine 
  and 
  Station 
  40 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  Aneroids 
  

  

  