3d.At the Trevandrum Observatory.—By J. Caldecott, Esq.
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June 21 6 a.m. 7 8 9 10 11 Noon
1p.m. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Midn
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1 a.m. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Noon 1 p.m. 2 3 4 5 6 29.845 .855 .873 .878 .893 .887 .878 h
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9 2 ° 5.0 75.3 76.0 77.2 77.9 4.2 79.3 2.1 81.5 3.8 .881 79.2 .853 80.8 I .839 77.0 .835 77.5 .838 77.2 .843 76.4 .864 75.? .884 75 72.39 73.85 74.57 74.82 w by K 71.9 Mwbyw^w 76.4 1 N w by w 76.25 do .899 .909 .905 .895 .873 .848 .842 .849 .853 .870 .885 .906 .920 .943 .942 .931 .921 .903 .893 .891 .893 .895 75.5 75.4 75.0 75.0 75.1 74.2 72.6 72.6 73.5 74.0 73.5 73.7 74.5 75-7 76.0 75.0 74.0 75.7 76.5 77.2 76.4 75.7 75.31 74.5 72.73 74, 73 72.65 72.54 73.26 3.37 73.4 73.55 73.55 73.0 73.0 72.6 OA 173.5 0.5 (72.77 1.4 ,72.0 1.0173.0 0 7 (72.69 0.9 73.22 1.2 74.0 1.5 73.9 1.5 72.84 1.3 72.1 1.3 |73.85 2.2 73.37 2.7 73.3 2.9 172.22 1.7 73.26
N W do www Tt W N W NWbyf do do do do do do N by w N do do do W 8 W W 8 W 4 w do do wswjw N w by w w n w n w by w N W do N w by w N W do Cum. and fl. cl. threatening from W. Overcast. do. do. Heavy cum. and fl. cl. threatening. do. do. do. do. whole sky obscured threatening — squall of wind and rain from W. at 12*. 10m. Clouds, aspect of the sky and remarks. Rather clear — flying clouds. Overcast with heavy cum. rain at 2A. 30ro— light wind N. W. Overcast— cum. do. do. do. do. raining, do. do. do. flying clouds about zenith, do. do. do. do. do. raining, do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Overcast. Light cum. in sen. heavy at thehor. do. pleasant breeze. do. do. Overcast, do. drizzling. Heavily overcast and raining, do. do. do. do. do. do. Pl.cl. in sen— cum. about the horizon. do. do. drizzling. do. do. raining. do. do. do. do. rather clearer. Overcast do. do. raining, do. drizzling. 0.5 0.75 1.9 5.75 5.4 95 I 1.95 0.5 0.5
*Note.—These two days were unusually obscured—the actinometer on the four preceding days indicated at noon—7,75—12,6—12,25 and 2,25 respectively.
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June 21st.—Fall of rain from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. .201
June” 22d.—do. 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. .8835
June 21st.—do. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. .5893
Total in the 36 hours 1.6738 inches.
No thunder nor lightning.
EXPLANATION.
The barometer is the same as was used in the Trevandrum Observations on the 21st and 22d March; in the account of those observations it is mentioned that it appeared to be an instrument worthy of confidence, from a comparison of it made with a fine syphon barometer by Robinson:—it may be as well however to explain that this opinion was formed from the regularity of their differences only; that
