ON THE TOTAL ECLll’SE OF THE SUN. .MAY 28, 1900. ;11)7 
'[’he times recorded were as follows :— 
G.M.T. 
h. 
m. 
s. 
Observer. 
1st contact 
• -k 
58 
30 
Fow'liER (telescopic view). 
I2 
59 
0 
Andrews (projected image 
2nd „ 
. . 4 
12 
38 
Lockyer. 
3rd „ 
. . 4 
13 
53 
Lockyer. 
4tli 
Not observed. 
Meteorological Observations. 
The following report on the meteorological o1)servatlons made at the Eclipse Clam]) 
and on board the “ Thesens ” from the •25th to the 29th May, has been pi'epared l)y 
Lientenant Pattrfck, 11. N, 
The resnlts of the observations are given in four separate tables, instead of in their 
oi-iginal form, so that compai'isons of the data for diflPerent days can readily l)e made. 
A graphical representation of the temperature ol)servations on the day of eclij)se 
and the preceding and following day is also given. 
On Thursday. May 24, a shelter was erected, in the Eclipse Oani]), at Santa 
Pola, for the meteorological instrnments. The shelter was about 7 feet square, the 
sides being made of three thicknesses of bunting, with a foot space between the 
bottom and the o-round, to allow a free current of air. The heia’ht was about 
7 feet, the roof being of canvas, wbiitewashed on the outside. 
Inside two posts were planted, with a cross-bar between, to which the instruments 
were hung, viz.:—“Watkins” aneroid, and three Centigrade thermometers. 
They were about 3 feet 6 inches from the ground, and suspended from the cross¬ 
bar with twine. 
'fhe observations were commenced at noon on May 25, and were all taken 1)y 
INfr. Hallowes, Midshipman, and myself. A copy of the observations is appended. 
It will be noticed that for 3 days before the eclipse the barometer was more or 
less steady, there being a slight rise till midnight of May 27, after which it fell 
steadily till the time of totality, w4ien it rose again slightly for 10 minutes, then 
continued falling till 6 p.w., after which it was unsteady for some hours. The 
temperature usually rose till noon, and remained the same till about 3 p.m., when 
it would fall gradually. 
On tlie 28th, from the time of first cmitact, the thermometers drojqied much 
faster than usual till LO minutes after totality, falling from 24°'5 C. to 19°'8 C.—a 
total dro]) of 4'^’7 C. After this it again rose steadily till 5.45 P.M., when it reached 
its normal height for the tiine of day. 
'Die wind, which was always from the sea during tlie afternoon, and usually steady 
