о

Rotaling Damp Ther.

2.5

0 10

92

Table III.

Dry Ther. Damp Ther.

7.5

O

10

о

O

12.5

15

17.5

20

Corn. Sets. Corrn, Scts. Corrn. Sets. Corrn. Sets. Corm. Sets. Corrn. Sets. Corrn. Sets. Corrn. Sets.

379.5

40

+0.90 +1.05

42.5

45

+0.50

-0.85 +2.01

+7.5

+2

50

+0°52 4

+0 77

7

+1.85

222924

1++0.23 + 12 +0.40 +42 5 +1 55 12

4

+1°.10

2

+3 23 7 +1 88 20 +2 .26¦ 25

+5°30 57 +12 22 +1

+62.87 + .60

3

1

52.5

-0.30 1

+0.77 9-

+1.80

55

+0.11 7

+0.71 10

57.5

60

+0.24 8 +0 31 7

62.5

65

1+0.45

67.5

+0.35

70

72.5

+0 10

75

77.5 NO

+0.03 9 +0.55 6 +0.10 2 +0 31 7 +0 35 15 +0.05 2 -0.14

It

$2.5

+0.60 6 1+0.78

+0.7 G +0.80 ୫ +0 39 +053 1-40.82 | 16 [+0.34] 22 +0.8 45 7 -0.14 13

+0.31 |40 35 (+0.35] 15 1+0.01) 26 25 9 -0..90

+1.01 10 +05 +0.05 ₤ +0.56 8

+2.05 15 +0.80 (+0.46 7 +0.87 8 +0 50 10

+1.8± 21

+1.95

+1.47 3 +2.53 7

+3.15

+2.92

5

+0 51

53 10

+0.66

.69 1

+1.75

+0.25

301 1

+0.95

+ 40

1

11

+0.74 10

+0.70

.95

2

-0.35

+0 34

12

+0.02 14

+0 39

-0.50

4

6

+0.80

14

+0.02

5

+0.20

-0.97

130 42

4

+ .22

-0.52

5

+0.18 13

-0 .63

.30

-0.13

3

:

+0 20

2

12. The following table shows the means of barometric pressure at the Observatory and at Gap Rock (32 miles S.S.W. of the Observatory) from five years' three-hourly observations (1900-1904 incl.) reduced to freezing point of water and mean sea level.

Table IV.

MONTH.

OBS. G. R.

HOUR.

OBS.

G. R.

January,

30.170

30.147

1 a.m.

29.974

29.951

February,

.222

.200

4

.951

.942

""

March,

.045

.024

7

.986

.963

April,

29.957

29.940

10

30.013

.993

May,

.872

.861

1 p.m.

29.961

.950

June,

.752

.745

4

.924

.912

July,

.737

.726 7

..953

.934

""

August,

.724

.711 10

.991

.967

September,

.873

.857

October,

.999

.974

Mean.

29.969 : 29.951

November,

30.111

30.087

December,

.170

.145

The three-hourly means are represented by the following formula, where t indicates mean time:

Observatory: 29.969 +0.019 sin (t + 7°) −0.0315 sin (2t− 28°) + 0.002 sin (3t+72°).

Gap Rock: 29.951 +0,017 sin (t—123) — 0,0265 sin (2t−32°) +0.003 sin (3t—64°).

The last term is quite uncertain. The formula show that the pressure observed at Gap Rock lags behind that registered at the Observatory and that the daily variation is smaller. This is due to friction of the mercury in the standard barometer at Gap Kock, whose tube is only half an inch in internal diameter while the tube in the barograph at the Observatory is much larger. The extremes of the bidiurnal variation occur 16 minutes too late at Gap Rock, and the diurnal variation, whose coefficient is smaller, lags still more.

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