202 SIR G. BADEIST-POWELL ON" THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OP THE SUH, 189G. 
Local time. 
Thermometer. 
Barometer. 
hrs. mins. 
7 13 
O 
49 
30 3'25 
7 
18 
48 
30 3-30 
1 ^ 
20 
47'.5 
30 3 30 
7 
1 
20 
46-3 
30 3-18 
7 
39 
Interval of totality 
.35-3 
• 
30 3 15 
7 
47 
46 
30 3-25 
(3.) The wind Avas blowing moderately (Beapfort scale, 3 to 4) all the 
morning from about N. by E., some cirrus clouds gradually coming up from 
E.N.E. Just before totality there was a sudden change of Avind to E.N.E. 
Several present, myself among the number, distinctly noticed that the wind 
died aAvay during the totalitjn 
21. All members of the ‘‘Otarla ” party did everything in their power to make 
the observations a success ; and thus full advantage Avas taken of the opportunities 
afforded by a happily clear vicAA^ of the sun. 
22. While it is cause for great regret that similar opportunities were not afforded 
to the skilled observers in Norway and Japan—or, indeed, at the other stations—it 
is highly satisfactory to know that the total eclipse of 1896 was most successfully 
observed at one British station, and that the results thus secured Avill be of high 
Amlue to astronomical science. 
OxN THE Photographs of the Corona obtained in Noa’aaa-Zemla^a. 
Ba" W. H. Wesleal 
The diaAving, of which Plate 2 is a Woodburytype reproduction, AA^as made from 
four negatives taken by Sir G. Baden-Poavell and Mr. Shackleton. The moon’s 
diameter is inch on the oi-iginal negatives, and the draAving has been enlarged to 
a scale oj 2d inches for the moon’s diameter. The following are the particulars of 
the plates :— 
Plate 1. Exxposure, 5 seconds. ShoAA^s a faint fringe of corona on the W., and a 
greater extent on the E., Avhere it reaches a height of 5' or 6'. Plate A'ery 
clean and definition good ; the lower details on the E. limb exXtremely Avell seen; 
background of sky quite clear. 
Plate 2. Exposure, 15 seconds. Very fine negative. Corona extends to about 
half a lunar diameter on the E., and more than half as ftir on the W., but the con¬ 
spicuous ray to the N.W. is easily traced for a diameter from the limb, Avhere it is cut 
