Table III. Giving Rates of Distillation observed on the 
16th, 17th and 18th May, 1882, at Sohag, Lat. 26° 37' N. 
Apparent 
Solar 
Time 
Volume of 
Distillate 
Rate 
Distilla 
10 c.c. 
i for 
tion of 
20 c.c. 
1882 
c.c. 
c.c. per min. 
c.c. per min. 
May 
9 26 0 
0 
Cloudless sky, wind very 
16 
36 55 
10 
0-916 
slight from the West, 
A.M. 
46 55 
20 
1-000 
0-956 
drawing to North on the 
56 40 
30 
1-026 
Nile. 
10 6 50 
40 
0-984 
1-002 
17 5 
50 
0-976 
Wind seems to be freshen- 
29 15 
60 
0-821 
0-893 
ing and comes in gusts, 
39 20 
70 
0-992 
retarding distillation. 
49 50 
80 
0-952 
0-972 
59 20 
90 
1-053 
118 5 
100 
1-144 
1-096 
12 0 
0 
21 10 
10 
1-091 
29 45 
20 
1-166 
1-127 
38 25 
30 
1-155 
46 50 
40 
1-189 
1-171 
55 35 
50 
1-144 
P.M. 
12 3 50 
60 
1-212 
1-177 
12 5 
70 
1-213 
19 0 
80 
1-447 
1-330 
27 10 
90 
1-225 
34 10 
100 
1-429 
1-327 
1 27 0 
0 
35 0 
10 
1-250 
42 35 
20 
1-320 
1-285 
50 0 
30 
1-349 
2 15 30 
0 
23 15 
10 
1-292 
31 30 
20 
1-213 
1-253 
40 0 
30 
1-177 
48 5 
40 
1-237 
1-207 
56 35 
50 
1-177 
3 4 40 
60 
1-237 
1-207 
16 55 
73 
22 50 
80 
1-101 
May 
8 34 0 
0 
Eclipse total. 
17 
51 0 
Exposed calorimeter. 
A.M. 
58 0 
Water begins to “sing.” 
9 1 0 
Water begins to boil. 
3 0 
Water boils briskly. 
17 0 
0 
Water begins to distil and 
19 30 
1 
0-400 
to be collected. 
21 0 
0 
1 
29 30 
5 
0-588 
Sky quite cloudless. 
