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'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [23] (126/496)
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“ been fully equal to the aggregate inches of ISdC. 0 The weather was
the same at Trichinopoly, and a fresh in the Cavery carried away the
Bridge at that place. “ Heavy showers fell at Madras between the
“ 15th and 22nd/' At Tellicherry it was “ one continued shower of
rain. The rivers overflowed and inundated the paddy-fields and high
roads for the distance of four hundred yards. The whole line of the
Western Ghauts was marked by similar weather. At Bombay, Ahmeda-
bad, Mandavie, Deesa, Kurrachee, and Shikarpoor, heavy rain, quite
unusual for the season, prevailed.
At three different place the fall of rain has been measured, and
given in the following table :—
Date.
At the Observatory of Dodabetta
8,640 feet above the Sea.
At Autna-
gerry near
the level of
the sea.
Poona,
1,800 (?) feet above the sea .
April,
1847.
Thermometer.
(Quantity of
Rain.
Quantity of
Rain.
Thermometer.
t>J
Rain.
In the
shade.
Noon.
Wet bulb.
Noon.
Inches.
Inches.
In the
shade.
Noon.
Wet bulb.
Noon.
Inches.
15th
51-3
51-
0-01
« • • • s s
• • ®
9 9 9
9 9 9 » 9 »
16th
54-
52-
1-14
• • • • • •
86-
70-
0-06
17 th
53-
52-7
4-75
90-
71-
0-57
18th
53-
53 -
10-00
150
80-
68-
0-26
19th
53-
52-5
1-72
4-07
70*
70-
3-05
20th
57-
54-
0-09
10-7-5
74-
68-
2-87
21st
53-
46-
1-45
78-
71-
22nd
23rd
• • • • m 9
• 99
• • •
• • • • • •
Total....
17-71
17-77 1
6-81
At Tellicherry, 29 inches of rain fell during the storm.
The deposition of vapour would appear to have been greatest to
wards the commencement of the storm. The quantities that fell at
Dodabetta in the Neilgherries, and at Rutnagherry on the sea coast,
farther north, are nearly the same, but according to theory we would
have expected a difference of several inches instead of a few hun
dredths between the two places, as the proportion of vapour in
the atmosphere decreases upwards in a rapid degree. The sudden
and extraordinary precipitation of rain, during rotating gales, amount
ing on the present occasion to fifteen inches in forty-eight hours, is.
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Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.
Publication details: Bombay: Printed at The Times' Press, by James Chesson, 1849.
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).
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- 'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:4, 1:51, 51a, 52:85, 1:10, 10a, 10a, 11:92, 92a, 92a:92b, 92b:92c, 92c, 93:382, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- 'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:4, 1:51, 51a, 52:85, 1:10, 10a, 10a, 11:92, 92a, 92a:92b, 92b:92c, 92c, 93:382, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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