Meteorological Observations, 555 



The apparatus I have found most convenient for containing and 

 preserving standard solutions, and more particularly solutions of 

 ammonia, consists of a vessel similar to a wash-bottle, to which 

 is attached an India rubber bulb ; so that when it is desired to fill the 

 burette, it is only necessary to compress the bulb. This arrange- 

 ment affords great facility for replenishing the burette ; and by 

 placing a piece of India rubber tubing, closed at one end, on the 



jet, an air-tight reservoir for the solution is obtained. — Chem, Gaz. 



/orNov. 15, 1854. 



ON CUMINIC ALCOHOL. BY M. KRAUT. 



The author has treated oil of cummin with a solution of potash in 

 alcohol, and resolved it in this manner into cumiuic acid and its 

 alcohol. — Liebig's Annalen, xc. p. 384. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1854. 



Chiswick. — October 1. Foggy: drizzly: overcast and fine : foggy. 2. Dense 

 fog : very fine. 3, 4. Very fine. 5. Fine, but windy. 6. Rain. 7. Overcast. 

 8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Fine : overcast. 10. Foggy : exceedingly fine : rain at 

 night. 11. Fine throughout. 12. Clear. 13. Foggy: very fine. 14. Foggy: 

 hazy : slight drizzle. 15. Foggy and drizzly : cloudy : rain. 16. Very fine. 



17. Foggy: rain. 18. Rain: overcast and windy. 19. Fine: rain at night. 

 20. Showery. 21. Cloudy. 22. Densely clouded : fine. 23. Fine: clear. 24. 

 Very fine : heavy rain. 25. Constant rain. 26. Clear and very fine. 27. Frosty 

 and foggy : very fine. 28, 29. Very fine. 30. Foggy : very fine : cloudless. 31. 

 Exceedingly fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 48°'20 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1853 49 -99 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-eight years ... 50 '06 

 Average amount of rain in Oct 2'68inches. 



Boston. — Oct. 1, 2. Foggy. 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Fine: rain p.m. 6. Cloudy. 

 7,8. Fine. 9, Cloudy: rain a.m. 10. Fine. 11. Cloudy: rain a.m. 12,13. 

 Fine. 14. Cloudy. 15. Cloudy: rain p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy: rain p.m. 



18. Rain A.M. and P.M. 19. Cloudy. 20. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 21. Fine. 

 22. Cloudy: rain a.m. 23, 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 26, 27. 

 Fine. 28, Cloudy. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Cloudy : rain p.m. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Cloudy a.m. : clear p.m. 2. Rain a.m. and 

 P.M. 3. Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 4, Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 5. Showers a.m. : 

 clear P.M. 6. Hail-showers a.m. : clear p.m. 7. Showers a.m. : clear p.m. 8. 

 Clear, fine a.m. : fog p.m. 9. Rain a.m. : cloudy p.m. 10. Clear, fine a.m. : 

 showers p.m. 11. Showers a.m.: sleet, showers p.m. 12. Clear, fine a.m.: 

 clear p.m. 13. Drizzle a.m. : clear p.m. 14. Clear, fine a.m. : cloudy p.m. 15 — 

 17. Showers a.m. and p.m. 18. Hail-showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 19 — 22. Showers 

 a.m. and P.M. 23. Bright a.m. : showers p.m. 24. Clear, frost a.m. : clear, frost, 

 aurora p.m. 25. Cloudy, frost a.m. : sleet-showers, aurora p.m. 26. Sleet-showers 

 A.M. and P.M. 27. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 28. Rain a.m. : cloudy p.m. 29. 

 Cloudy a.m. : clear p.m. 30, 31. Clear a.m. and p.m. 



Mean temperature of Oct. for twenty-seven previous years ... 47'''68 



Mean temperature of this month 46 '39 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1853 48*66 



Average quantity of rain in Oct. for fourteen previous years . 5*07 inches. 



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