QUARTERLY JOURNAL

OF

THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY.

EDITED BY

A COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

LONDON:

WILLIAMS AND STRAHAN, 7 LAWRENCE LANE, CHEAPSIDE, E.C.

1875.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page

I. Notes on the Meteorology of Vancouver Island. By ROBERT

H. SCOTT, F.R.S........................

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II. The Thunderstorm at Brighton on October 8th, 1873, and

its effects. By F. E. SAWYER, F.M.S. (One Woodcut)

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III. Some of the Considerations suggested by the Depressions

which passed over the British Islands during September,

1873. By F. GASTER, F.M.S

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IV. On an improved form of Aneroid for determining heights,

with a means of adjusting the altitude scale for various

temperatures. By ROGERS FIELD, B.A., F.M.S.

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V. On the Hurricane of August, 1873, which moved in a curved

track round Bermuda, between the 20th and 23rd, and

passed on to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton on the 24th,

doing extreme damage both at sea and on land. By Captain

H. Toynbee, F R.A.S., Marine Superintendent of the Me-

teorological Office. (One Plate and One Woodcut)

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VI. On a Mercurial Barometer for the use of Travellers, filled

by the Spiral-Cord Method. By Staff-Commander

C. GEORGE, R.N. (Two Woodcuts.).......

Proceedings at the Ordinary Meeting, November 19th, 1873 86

Discussion on the Best Form of Thermometer Stand ... 38

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Proceedings at the Ordinary Meeting, December 17th, 1878

CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTES.

The Best Form of Thermometer Stand. By Rev. F. W.

Stow, M.A, F.M.S.....

Climate of the Gold Coast, Elmina, Christiansburg. Trans-

lated, with the author's permission, from a paper, by Dr.

J. Hann, in the "Zeitschrift der Oesterreichischen Gesell-

schaft für Meteorologie," Vol. ix. p. 42

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