. Scottish geographical magazine. tarctic area known as the Weddell Quadrant or fromthe meridian to 90° W., many valuable data are at present under dis-cussion. The report of the Belgica Expedition has been already pub-lished, and the discussion of the observations taken by the Swedish,French, and Scottish Expeditions is well under weigh, so that in a com- SOME RESULTS OF SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 4_7 paratively short time it will be possible to formulate a first approxima-tion regarding the meteorological and oceanographical conditions prevailingin this portion of the Antarctic
. Scottish geographical magazine. tarctic area known as the Weddell Quadrant or fromthe meridian to 90° W., many valuable data are at present under dis-cussion. The report of the Belgica Expedition has been already pub-lished, and the discussion of the observations taken by the Swedish,French, and Scottish Expeditions is well under weigh, so that in a com- SOME RESULTS OF SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 4_7 paratively short time it will be possible to formulate a first approxima-tion regarding the meteorological and oceanographical conditions prevailingin this portion of the Antarctic regions. Magnetism. The magnetic observations commenced soon after the arrival of theScotia in winter quarters. The observations were carried out in a hut,to which the name of Copeland Observatory was given, erected on thenarrow beach on which Omond House stands. The instruments employedwere a Kew portable unifilar magnetometer for determining the absolutehorizontal force and declination, and a Barrows dip circle for determining. Fig. 8.—Omond House from Scotia Bay, and meteorological Ramsay, Jessie Bay, in background. the absolute dip or inclination. The constants of the magnetometer weredetermined at Kew before the departure of the Expedition, and again atthe Magnetic Observatory of Pilar (province of Cordoba), Argentina, inMarch of this year. The station was handed over to the ArgentineMeteorological Office in February 1904. Up to this time the observa-tions taken included 25 sets of dip, with 2 needles, 33 sets of hori-zontal force, and about 65 determinations of absolute declination,including hourly eye observations of declination on twenty days. Duringthe autumn and winter of 1904 I continued to make such observationsas were necessary to keep up the continuity of the record, but beginningwith September 1, two complete sets were made every week and con-tinued up till the end of the year. The observations from March toDecember 1904 have been worked up b
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