OBSERVATIONS IN FOUR BALLOON ASCENTS. 
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Meteorological Observations during the Ascents at different places. 
Table III. — Places at which Meteorological Observations were taken in connection 
with the Balloon Ascents of 1852, with the Geographical coordinates, and name 
of the Observer or Authority. 
Name of Place. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
Height above 
sea level. 
Authority. 
Armagh 
o / // 
54 21 13 
6 38 52 W. 
209 
Rev. Dr. Robinson, F.R.S. 
Aylesbury 
51 49 
0 49 15 W. 
284 
Thomas Dell, Esq. 
Bedford 
52 8 
0 28 W. 
100 
Dr. S. Herbert Barker. 
Cambridge 
52 12 52 
0 5 53 E. 
80 
Professor Challis, F.R.S. 
Cardington 
Derby* 
52 7 
52 55 
0 24 W. 
1 28 16 W. 
100? 
S. C. Whitbread, Esq. 
Mr. Davis, Optician. 
Diss* 
52 22 
1 6 E. 
130 
Thomas E. Amyot, Esq. 
Dublin 
53 21 
6 15 W. 
24i 
Rev. R. V. Dixon, A.M. 
Edinburgh 
55 27 23 
3 10 45 W. 
354 
Professor Smyth, F.R.S.E. 
Enfield 
51 39 
0 4 57 W. 
76i 
Rev. J. M. Heath. 
Grantham 
52 54 52 
0 39 OW. 
190 
J. W. Jeans, Esq. 
Greenwich 
51 28 38 
0 0 0 
159 
The Astronomer Royal. 1 
Hartwell House 
51 49 
0 51 W. 
250 
Dr. Lee, F.R.S. | 
Hartwell Rectory 
51 48 36 
0 51 W. 
290 
Rev. C. Lowndes, M.A., F.R.A.S. 
Haverhill 
Hawerden 
52 5 
53 11 0 
0 26 36 E. 
3 2 0 W. 
260 
Wm. W. Boreham, Esq., F.R.A.S. 
Dr. T. MofiJ’at, F.R.A.S. 
Highfield House 
52 57 30 
1 10 W. 
204 
E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.A.S. 
Holkbam 
52 57 10 
0 48 E. 
39 
Samuel Shellabear, Esq. 
Kew Observatory 
51 28 37 
0 15 45 W. 
40? 
Captain Younghusband, R.A., F.R.S. 
Lewisham 
51 28 
0 1 W. 
80 
James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S. 
Linslade 
51 55 
0 40 W. 
313 
John Osborn, Jun., Esq. 
Marboue 
48 6 57 
1 20 3 E. 
36 1 
M. Le Commandant Delcros. 
Norwich 
52 37 
1 16 E. 
33 
Wm. Brooke, Esq. 
Oxford 
51 45 40 
1 15 30 W. 
210 
M. J. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S. 
Rosehill, Oxford 
51 43 50 
1 14 W. 
270? 
John Slatter, Esq. 
Les Rousseaux 
47 30 58 
52 2 40 
2 20 10 E. 
M. Le Commandant Delcros. 
Royston 
0 0 30 W. 
271 
Hale Wortham, Esq. 
Ryde 
50 45 
1 11 30 W. 
110 
Benjamin Barrow, Esq. 
Southampton 
50 54 34 
1 24 25 W. 
60 
Dr. Drew, F.R.A.S. 
Stone 
51 47 57 
0 52 16 W. 
320 
Rev. J. B. Reade, M.A., F.R.S. 
St. Ives* 
St. John’s Wood 
52 20 
51 31 
0 5 W. 
0 15 W. 
150 
John King Watts, Esq. 
George Leach, Esq. 
Ventnor* 
50 36 
1 13 W. 
150 
Dr. Martin. 
York 
53 57 48 
1 4 W. 
50 
John Ford, Esq. 
* The barometrical observations at Derby, Diss, St. Ives, and Ventnor have not been corrected for temperature. 
