314 
GENERAL SIR EDWARD SABINE ON THE RECORDS OF THE 
Table IX. — Disturbances decreasing the Force. 
Kew 
Astrono- 
mical 
hours. 
Years ending December 31. 
Sums in 
the 7 years. 
Batios. 
Kew Civil 
Time. 
1858. 
1859. 
1860. 
1861. 
1862. 
1863. 
1864. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
18 
8*112 
12*984 
6*965 
5*518 
4*492 
2*973 
3*408 
44*452 
0*92 
6 A.M. 
19 
9*445 
13*995 
9*126 
5*717 
6*232 
3*564 
5*564 
53*643 
1*10 
7 „ 
20 
9*896 
12*792 
9*813 
6*961 
7*320 
4*625 
6*093 
57*500 
1*18 
8 „ 
21 
10*837 
12*400 
12*226 
6*936 
6*123 
6*348 
8*331 
63*201 
1*30 
9 „ 
22 
11*457 
13*798 
11*535 
8*261 
6*886 
6*361 
6*275 
64*573 
1*33 
10 „ 
23 
9*328 
13*387 
11*831 
7*018 
6*689 
4*858 
5*144 
58*255 
1*20 
11 „ 
0 
8*385 
14*921 
9*826 
5*037 
5*221 
4*308 
3*561 
51*259 
1*06 
Noon. 
1 
7*287 
6*653 
5*589 
5*305 
3*457 
4*629 
4*214 
37*134 
0*76 
1 P.M. 
2 
7*659 
6*329 
4*580 
6*810 
3*763 
4*162 
3*529 
36*832 
0*76 
2 „ 
3 
6*045 
7*320 
4*891 
7*225 
3*126 
2*656 
2*782 
34*045 
0*70 
3 „ 
4 
5*568 
6*909 
4*975 
5*162 
4*431 
2*717 
3*384 
33*146 
0*68 
4 „ 
5 
3*106 
7*002 
4*614 
5*469 
4*150 
3*288 
2*729 
30*358 
0*62 
5 „ 
6 
5*912 
8*397 
5*007 
6*408 
6*126 
3*236 
3*297 
38*383 
0*79 
6 „ 
7 
7*708 
8*941 
5*563 
7*315 
8*130 
2*365 
2*590 
42*612 
0*88 
7 „ 
8 
8*559 
12*870 
6*330 
10*468 
6*978 
3*564 
2*379 
51*148 
1*05 
8 „ 
9 
8*656 
12*197 
8*694 
11*007 
6*273 
3*691 
3*850 
54*368 
1*12 
9 „ 
10 
10*577 
13*640 
9*500 
10*494 
8*080 
5*503 
3*426 
61*220 
1*26 
10 „ 
11 
10*392 
14*825 
7*747 
12*494 
7*413 
5*071 
5*114 
63*056 
1*30 
11 „ 
12 
10*594 
15*464 
9*401 
10*368 
7*101 
4-477 
5*454 
62*859 
1*29 
Midnight. 
13 
7*570 
16*789 
7*513 
10*216 
6*448 
4*535 
4*172 
57*243 
1*18 
1 A.M. 
14 
6*321 
14*604 
6*915 
7*942 
5*851 
2*782 
2*564 
46*979 
0*97 
2 „ 
15 
7*593 
12*733 
7*386 
6*165 
4*600 
1*738 
1*664 
41*879 
0*86 
3 „ 
16 
6*908 
12*453 
8*395 
5*131 
3*273 
2*685 
2*352 
41*197 
0*85 
4 „ 
17 
5*029 
12*627 
5*813 
6*100 
5*140 
3*314 
2*417 
40*440 
0*83 
5 „ 
Total in 
the 7 years 
1165*782 
Mean hourly value * — - = 
J 24 
48*574 = 
= 1*00 
Vertical Force Disturbances, from 1st January 1859 to 31st December 1864. 
The number of the Vertical Force Observations in which the amount of disturbance 
equalled or exceeded T50 inch in the 6 years was 6957, being about 1 in 7 of the 
whole number of observations taken from the traces (51,843.) 
Table I. — Aggregate Values of the disturbed observations. 
Year ending 31st December 1859 
540*235 inches. 
55 55 
1860 . . . . 
364*208 
55 
55 55 
1861 . . . . 
226*625 
55 
55 55 
1862 . . . , 
358*763 
55 
55 55 
1863 . . . . 
174*712 
55 
55 55 
1864 . . . . 
238*597 
55 
Total in 
the 6 years . . . 
1903*140 * 
55 
,, . . TT . 1903*140 
Mean Annual Value . . 
o 
= 317*190 
55 
