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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



Made at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, for the Year 1852' 

 Latitude 42° 30' 23" N. Lono-itiide 12=' 03' 20" AV. from Washington. 

 Elevation above Lake Michigan, 172 feet ; above the Atlantic Ocean, 

 750 feet. By S. P. Latiirop, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and 

 Natural History. 



The mean temperature of the past year is 47°.42l, being nearly a medium 

 of the two previous years. 



The mean temperature of the Winter months of 1851-52 is 24°. 6, being a 

 lower temperature than either of the two former years, 1849-50 and 1850-51, 

 by some 2°. The temperature of the Spring months is 46''.146, being 0°.554 

 lower than that of the last year, and 2". 966 higher than that of the year pre- 

 vious to the last. The temperature of the Summer months is '70°. 57, being 

 2'='. 93 higher than that of the summer months of last year, and 0°.93 higher 

 than that for the year 1850. The temperature of the Autumnal months is 

 47'',22, being 3''.23 lower than that of last year, and 2°.35 lower than that 

 of the year before the last. 



