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Of eminent men from foreign countries who have worked in the 

 laboratory of Berzelius, are Bonsdorff, Engelhardt, Gmelin, Hartwall, 

 Hess, Hiinefeld, Johnston, Magnus, E. Mitscherlich, Nordenskidld, 

 Osann, G. Rose, H. Rose, Turner, Winckler and Wohler. 



Baron Berzelius has received from His Majesty King Charles 

 John many marks of high distinction, viz. created a nobleman, 1818, 

 and a Baron, 1835 ; Knight Commander of the royal order of Wasa, 

 1821, and Grand Cross of the same order, 1829. Besides, he is 

 Knight of the Royal Swedish order of the Polar Star, and of several 

 foreign orders received from the Emperor of Russia, and the kings of 

 Prussia, Denmark, Belgium, France and Sardinia. He is an hono- 

 rary member of not less than eighty-eight literary and scientific so- 

 cieties, of which seventy-nine belong to foreign countries. In con- 

 sideration of the great services which Baron Berzelius has done to 

 his native country, the members of the last Diet at Stockholm in 

 1840 voted to him the annual sum of 2000 dollars Banco, as a pen- 

 sion for his lifetime, independent of his former emoluments. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1844. 

 Chiswick. — March 1. Cloudy and fine : rain at night. 2. Overcast: squally, 

 with heavy showers. 3. Cloudy and windy : clear and fine. 4. Constant heavy 

 rain throughout. 5. Cloudy : clear, with sharp frost at night. 6. Clear and 

 frosty : overcast : slight frost. 7. Cloudy and cold. 8. Very fine. 9. Cloudy 

 and mild. 10. Heavy rain. II. Boisterous. 12. Very clear : stormy showers. 

 13. Clear : cloudy. 14. Heavy rain. 15. Rain: fine. 16. Slight haze : fine. 



17. Overcast : boisterous. 18. Clear and cold. 19. Cloudy. 20. Rain. 21. 

 Clear and fine. 22. Cloudy: rain at night. 23. Fine. 24. Cloudy : boisterous. 

 25. Overcast. 26. Very fine. 27. Overcast : hazy. 28. Very fine. 29. Dense 

 fog. 30. Dry haze. 81. Slight haze: clear and fine : foggy at night. — Mean 

 temperature of the month 0, 1 below the average. 



Boston. — March 1, 2. Fine: rain early a.m. 3. Fine. 4. Fine: rain p.m. 

 5. Cloudy. 6. Fine : rain and snow p.m. 7. Cloudy. 8. Fine : rain p.m. 



9. Cloudy. 10. Rain. 1 1. Windy : stormy day : rain p.m. 12. Windy : stormy 

 day : rain and snow p.m. 13. Fine. 14, 15. Cloudy : rain a.m. 16, 17. Cloudy. 



18. Fine. 19. Cloudy. 20. Rain. 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy. 23. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. 24. Rain. 25. Cloudy : rain p.m. 26, 27. Cloudy. 28, 29. 

 Fine. 30. Foggy. 31. Cloudy. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — March 1. Thaw: cloudy. 2. Rain: clear frost. 

 3. Cloudy : clear frost. 4. Snow-showers. 5. Snow : drift-showers. 6. Snow- 

 showers : cloudy. 7. Bright : cloudy. 8. Rain : damp. 9. Rain : showers. 



10. Bright : clear. 11. Showers: snow-showers. 12,13. Snow-showers. 14. 

 Bright: damp. 15. Bright : clear frost. 16,17. Bright : cloudy. 18. Bright: 

 damp. 19. Showers : rain. 20. Bright: cloudy. 21. Cloudy : rain. 22. Showers: 

 clear. 23. Clear. 24. Bright : clear. 25. Drops : clear. 26. Clear : cloudy. 

 27. Bright : clear : aurora. 28. Clear : cloudy. 29. Clear: aurora. 30. Fine. 

 31. Mist: aurora. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — March 1. Heavy showers p.m. 2. Very 

 slight rain. 3. Heavy rain. 4. Fair. 5. Slight shower : snow. 6. Frost a.m. : 

 fine. 7. Frost. 8. Frost: snow : rain p.m. 9. Sharp showers: rain. 10. Clear 

 a.m. : rain p.m. 11. Showers of sleet. 12. Frost : snow. 13. Frost: fine. 14. 

 Rain p.m. 15. Sleet. 16. Frost: fair. 17. Frost : fine. 18. Frost : rain p.m. 



19. Showery: sleet. 20. Frost: fine. 21. Rain: hail. 22. Fine. 23. Rain 

 and hail. 24. Heavy rain. 25, 26. Fine. 27. Very fine: rain p.m. 28. Fine : 

 frost. 29. Fine spring day. 30. Fine : frost. 31. Fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 38 0, 8 



Mean temperature of March 1843 40 -7 



Mean temperature of twenty years 38 -9 



Mean temperature of spring-water 45 *0 



