356 Report of the Kew Olservatory Committee. 



Table I. — Hourly Means of tlie Declination, as determined from the 



Hours 



Preceding 



Mid. 



1. 



2. 



o 



o. 



1 



4. j 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



1 



9. 



10. 1 



j 



11. 



noon. 











1 







(16° + ) West 







Winter. 













1899. 





























Months. 



/ 



























Jan. . . 



61-3 



57-9 



58-3 



58-2 



58-3 



58-2 



57-9 



58-0 



57 -9 



58-1 



58 -4 



59-0 



60-0 



Feb. .. 



61-4 



58-0 



58-1 



58-1 



58 -0 



57-9 



58 -0 



58 -0 



58 -1 



58 -5 



59 -1 



60 -1 



60 -6 



March . 



62 -1 



56-9 



56-8 



56-6 



56 -7 



56-8 



56-9 



56 -7 



56 -7 



56 -0 



55-6 



56-8 



59-5 



yjGXi. , . 



59-7 



55-3 



55-3 



55-3 



55-2 



55-1 



55-0 



54 -8 



54 "2 





oo o 



oo £u 



Ol O 



Nov. .. 



58-3 



54-5 



55-1 



55 -2 



55-4 



55 -H 



55-0 



54-9 



54-5 



54-1 



54-4 



55-7 



57-1 



Dec. .. 



57-5 



55-0 



55-1 



55-1 



55 -2 



55-3 



55-3 



55-1 



54 "9 



54 9 



55 -0 



55 -5 



56 '3 



IVleans 



60-1 



56-3 



56-5 



56-4 



56-5 56-4 



1 



56-4 



56-3 



56 '1 



.q 



oo V 



OO J. 



57 1 



oo o 













Summer. 







































/ 







April . . 



61-5 



56-9 



57 -0 



57-2 



57 -ij 56-7 



56-6 



55 -9 



54-8 



53 -6 



54-2 



56-3 



59-1 



May .. 



62 -3 



57 -0 



57-0 



56-8 



56-6 



56-1 



54-9 



53 -9 



53 "0 



53 '1 



54 -7 



57 '2 



59 -8 



June . . 



61-6 



56 -8 



56-7 



56-5 



56-5 



55-7 



54-3 



53-0 



52-6 



52-6 



53-3 



55-5 



58-1 



July . . 



60-2 



56 -4 



55-8 



55-7 



55-4 55-0 



53 -9 



53-6 



53 -6 



53-1 



54-1 



55 "7 



57 -9 



Aug. . . 



61 -5 



55 -5 



55-4 



55 -5 



55 -3 



\ 54-8 



54 '0 



53-2 



52-5 



52-8 



54-1 



57-0 



59 -7 



Sept. . . 



61-6 



56-1 



56-0 



56 -2 



55 -9 



; 55-7 



55-3 



54-7 



53 -6 



53-4 



54-4 



56-4 



59-4 



Means 



61-5 



56 -4 



56-3 



56-3 



56-1 



1 55-7 



54-8 



54-0 



53-3 



53-1 



54-1 



56-3 



59-0 



Table II. — Diurnal Inequality of the 



Hours 



Mid. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



11. 





Summer Means. 





-0-7 



-0-8 



/ 



-0-8 



-1-0 



-1-5 



-2-3 



-3-1 



-3-8 



/ 



-4-0 



-3-0 



-o's 



H-1-8 



Winter Means. 



1 



-0-8 



-0-6 



-0-6 



-0-6 



-0-6 



-0-7 



-0-8 



-1-0 



-1-2 



-10 



0-0 



+ 1-4 



Annual Means. 





-0-7 



-0-7 



-0-7 



-0-8 



-1-1 



-1 -5 



-2-0 



-2-4 



/ 



-2-6 



-2-0 



-0-4 



+ 1-6 



Note. — When the sign is + the magnet 



