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MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Mkcellaneons. — Minimum, 79. 2. Minimum at ground, 79. 5. Maximum, 89. 3. 



Shower about 10 p. m., giving 0. 02 inch of rain by estimation. 6.30 a. m., fine alternate dark and light streaks 

 extending completely across the sky through the zenith ; sun behind heavy cumuli. 



APRIL 29, 1883. 



MisceUaneom.—Minimum, 77. 7. Minimum at ground, 77. 8. Maximum, 88. 4. 



