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Chap. VII.]
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
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1841

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—FEBRUARY, 1842.

Day. Barometer. Winds. Weather.
Max. Min. Mean. Direction. Force.
Inches. Inches. Inches.
1 29.368 29.206 29.303 a.m. Southerly
p.m. Westerly
2
3
0 g.s.*
1 b.c.g.
2   .200   .048   .115 a.m. Westerly
p.m. S.Westerly
4 a.m. 0 m.s.
p.m. 3 b.c.g.
3   .264   .067   .129 S.W. 4 a.m. 0 g.q.s.
p.m. 4 b.c.q.
4   .561   .291   .417 Westerly 3 a.m. 3 b.c.g.
p.m. 0 g.s.
5   .565 28.877   .324 Northerly 5 0 g.s.
6 28.839   .581 28.667 a.m. N.N.E
p.m. S.Easterly
3
1
0 f.p.d.
7   .856   .565   .654 S.E. 5 0 g.q.
8   .962   .683   .843 Westerly 4 0 g.s.
9   .959   .682   .806 S.W. 4 a.m. 0 q.p.s.
p.m. 4 b.c.p.s.
10 29.276   .978 29.156 S.Westerly 3 5 b.c.g.
11   .189   .635 28.807 a.m. Northerly
Westerly
4
6
0 m.p.r.s.
12   .067   .781   .960 a.m. S.S.W.
p.m. N.N.W.
4
2
a.m. 2 b.c.g.
p.m. 0 s.
13 28.948   .674   .801 a.m. W. by N.
p.m. S.W. b W.
3 0 f.p.s.
14   .691   .585   .627 E.N.E. 6 0 q.s.
15 29.106   .706   .891 East 8 0 q.s.
16   .180   .970 29.088 Easterly 2 0 g.d.q.
17   .028   .862 28.930 N. Westerly 4 0 q.p.s.
18   .053   .846   .975 a.m. S.E.
p.m. N.Eastly.
5 a.m. 0 p.s.
p.m. 2 b.c.g.
19 28.835   .518   .646 Easterly 5 0 g.
20   .496   .283   .354 E.S.E. 7 3 b.c.q.
21   .842   .277   .566 S.S.E. 8 0 q.s.
22 29.081   .860   .991 a.m. S.W.
p.m. W. by N.
4
3
3 b.c.q.
1 b.c.g.
23   .151   .987 29.088 a.m. Westerly
p.m. Northerly
3 5 b.c.
24 28.973   .476 28.677 N.E. 4 0 q.p.s.
25   .481   .380   .432 N.E. 4 0 g.p.s.
26   .642   .425   .544 S. Easterly 5 0 q.s.
27   .571   .488   .520 E.S.E. 2 0 g.p.s.
28   .543   .474   .510 N. Easterly a.m. 3
p.m. 4
2 b.c.g.
29.565 28.277 28.8507 4.12

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.