The TnstrnineRis with which (he foregciiig Observations are mtul^-j 

 are piacecl in the Weslern "Verandah of tlie Honorable Covnpany'K 

 Observatory,^ rU about 5 feet above the surface of the ground, and 27 

 feet above the level of the Sea. 



The Baromeler employed up to the 9th Sej'-^evnber was No. 1 ; one 

 of tv,T> ^(andiuls (No. 1 and ".>) ^hi<h 1 ba^' con^rnTtcd at th^^ cim\ 

 ■1 >6, ^ ' r tho'-t, bu)kv i> *>i(^ --t iiu It 



r " con})aii (^■.^ -^'^.i .'id o wv} of 



. ' ' I ji. ( ' M ( 1^1 to the 2lst 



dental ro ine (■■.'■ 11x1;^ : )H had been r ; 



to the 9ti. stood, 0-15 lov 



Ko. 2, V ' ha' uio pel- , 



tube — irom |0 i » 9tb Sf^p^e^i nr to |0^.^r. en the \7 h 

 Slandard Nfj, U m ^^1 , huA iu" > s 'n-' fu vc he 



tub-' of No. 1 1 led to be cwi \ ^ > < f 1 ^ 



The «.orij»"iioi>b lex ca^j-ihiii , <\h>i > to the 



reading of No. i is r ^ • ^ 



No. 2— . ,085 



Dunnp; the month of October, I •! to compare both of these 



Standards with a magnificent Stands: * n;a>?; v,hir'h b"^ born j'-=nv 



str acted with all the advantages of modern b 



vandrinn Observatory, when, from, the meau ■•] several recidiugb co'^^ 

 reded for capillarity, the 



T-evandmm Sfandaid stood at , .... v , c ...... . 30,000 



K-Jt-h-as ... No. i . . .30,001 



No. 2. .29,993 

 The Tbevraoneter vras made on purpose Observatory, and 



at 75^ (lite only point at which a comp. been made) ii 



Vv as found to differ insenj-iibly from the Royai bociely'b Stawiavd-,— 



h. fu, 



* Longitude.. o. .... 5 21 8 K 



Latitude. .,.13^ 4 Sf) Nb, 



Madras f)i^«if:^^v atory J T. G. Taylor, 



^'-^ f U, C. Astronomer* 



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