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recurrence of flooding during periods of excessive rainfall. The 

 Photographic curves were suspended for four days in November 

 owing to the presence of workmen in the chamber. 



The Committee appointed by the British Association in 1895 to 

 make a comparison of the Magnetic Standard Instruments in use at 

 the several Magnetic Observatories in the Kingdom presented their 

 Report at the Liverpool meeting of the Association, held August, 

 1896. Referring to Falmouth, the Committee, of whom Professor 

 A. W. Riicker, M.A., F.R.S., was chairman, state inter alia : — " The 

 work of the Falmouth Observatory is hampered by want of funds. 

 The Vertical Force recording instrument has never worked properly, 

 and appears to want extensive alterations. The Observations made 

 by the Superintendent, Mr. E. Kitto, are of a very high order of 

 excellence, and it is to be hoped that the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic 

 Society, by which the Observatory was founded, will be able to 

 ensure the maintenance of the Magnetic Observations under the best 

 conditions." 



Edward Kitto, 



Magnetic Observer. 



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