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Report of Magnetical Observations at 



The Declination and Horizontal Force are deduced from hourly 

 readings of the photographic curves, and so are corrected for the 

 diurnal variation. 



The Inclination is the mean of the absolute observations, the mean 

 time of which is 3 p.m. 



In Table Y, X is the mean of the absolute values observed during 

 the month (generally three in number), uncorrected for diurnal 

 variations and for any disturbance. Y is the mean of the products of 

 the Dips and X. 



The results in the following tables, Nos. I, II, III, IV, are deduced 

 from the magnetograph curves which have been standardised by 

 observations of deflection and vibration. These were made with 

 the Collimator Magnet marked 66a, and the Declinometer Magnet 

 marked 66c in the Unifilar Magnetometer (No. 66) by Elliott Brothers, 

 o£ London. Table No. V is deduced from these observations. The 

 temperature correction (which is probably very small) has not been 

 applied . 



The Inclination w r as observed with the Inclinometer by Dover, 

 of Charlton, Kent, No. 86, and needles 1 and 2, which are 3| ins. 

 in length, the results of which appear in Table VI. 



The Declination and Horizontal Force values given in Tables I to 

 IV are prepared in accordance with the suggestions made in the 

 fifth report of the Committee of the British Association on com- 

 paring and reducing magnetic observations, and the time given is 

 Greenwich mean time, which is 20 min. 18 sec. earlier than local time. 



The following is a list of the days during the year 1896 which 

 were selected by the Astronomer Royal, as suitable for the deter- 

 mination of the magnetic diurnal variations, and which have been 



employed in the preparation of the 



magnetic tables 







1, 



2, 



21, 



24, 



29. 





7, 



18, 



20, 



23, 



24. 





11. 



16, 



17, 



18, 



21. 





7, 



14, 



16, 



20, 



30. 





5, 



6, 



9, 



26, 



29. 





2, 



7, 



20, 



23, 



24. 





2, 



9, 



17, 



19, 



31. 





5, 



13, 



16, 



27, 



28. 





8, 



9, 



10, 



25, 



28. 





6, 



7, 



18, 



25, 



26. 





3, 



12, 



22, 



24, 



25. 





8, 



12, 



18, 



19, 



21. 



The whole of the instruments have been maintained in good order. 

 The Magnetic Hut in the garden has been painted inside and out, 

 and the Magnetic Chamber thoroughly drained, to prevent the 



