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ABSTRACT OF A METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL 



Kept at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, for the Year 1850. Latitude 

 42° 30'. Longitude 12° W. of Washington. Elevation above Lake Michigan, 

 172 feet; above the Ocean, 750 feet. By S. Pearl L.vthrop, M. D. Professor 

 of Chemistry and Natural History. 



MONTH. 



January . . . 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December.. 



Mean. 



be 



3 , 





P-, 



. o o 

 I— I ^2 



S. & N.W. 

 N. & N.W. 



N. <feS. 

 N. & N.E. 



N. & S. 

 S. & S.W. 

 S. & N.W. 

 S. & S.E. 



N. & S. 

 S. <fe N.W. 

 S. & N.W. 

 N. & N.W. 



2.59 

 .50 

 2.82 

 2.81 

 1.10 

 7.42 

 7.15 

 15.73 

 2.58 

 3.30 

 3.30 

 1.94 



51.24 



This being the first series of observations made at this place, no accurate com- 

 parisons, of course, can be made in any respect with previous years. The past 

 year, however, is regarded by those who have longest resided here, as one of 

 usual temperature through the summer months, and somewhat warmer than 

 common through the autumnal months and December. The temperature of the 

 spring months, however, is thought to have been lower than it is generallj'. 



The mean temperature of the spring months is 42°.08 ; of the summer months, 

 7l'^.50; and of the autumnal months, 49^.57. 



The mean temperature for the year 1850 is 47°. 20; which is very nearly the 

 temperature of the wells of the houses on the bluff upon which the College is 

 situated. 



The density of the atmosphere, as indicated by the barometer, is thought to be 

 too low. This instrument, (as were all the instruments used in making these 

 observations,) was made by Mr. N. B. Chamberlain, Boston, but was somewhat 



