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Chi the Temperature of Springs in the vicinity of Colinton, 

 near Edinburgh, in Latitude 55° 54' 42" N. ; Long. 3° 16 

 8" W. 



JL HE following observations were continued from August 

 1827 to August 1828. 



The springs issue from alluvium on the sides of the water of 

 Leith, close to the village of Colinton : the spring A, from gra- 

 vel ; the spring B, from clay. Their height above the level of 

 the high- water at spring-tides was accurately determined : spring 

 A, was 366.8 feet, and spring B, 264.3 above the level men- 

 tioned. The observations on the temperature of the atmosphere 

 were made some yards above the level of the spring A. 



Detail of Observations. 



