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with the least regularity the periodical literature of Italy, I am 
unable to present any connected view of what has lately been 
effected in that country for meteorological science. The obser- 
vations of Sig. Cacciatore, of Palermo, on a uniform system of 
standards for meteorological observations*, are among the few 
that have come to my knowledge. Let us hope that the re- 
cently founded Association of Italian Philosophers will do 
something towards supplying the want of information under 
which we labour of the actual progress of science in that 
countryt. 
12. Since the last Report on Meteorology, Mr. Luke Howard 
has published a second greatly enlarged edition of his Climate 
of London{, which deserves to be considered, not as a mere 
journal of observations, but in some degree as a systematic 
work. Professor Stevelly, of Belfast, promises an elementary 
treatise, the first in our language. M. Quetelet, of Brussels, 
has published a full account of the history of Meteorology in 
the Pays Bas§, to which, however, his own contributions are 
by far the most important. 
13. This might appear the natural place for enumerating 
the public establishments lately founded for cultivating 
(amongst »ther things) the practical part of meteorology. 
When, however, we shall have considered a little minutely the 
condition of the science in its several branches, we shall be bet- 
ter able to appreciate their value, and suggest measures for 
their extension. (See Suggestions at the close of this Report.) 
14. I proceed now to the different departments of meteor- 
ology, nearly in the order in which they were discussed in my 
former report||. I have already stated (4.) why I shall hold 
myself at liberty to enlarge more upon some topics than others, 
or even restrict myself occasionally to a mere enumeration of 
* De redigendis Observationibus Meteorologicis. Panormi, 1832. 
+ In the Bibliotheque Universelle de Généve, is generally to be found a fuller 
notice of Italian papers than in other journals published north of the Alps. 
This practice might, with advantage, be yet further extended. 
Since this was written, I made it my particular business, during a visit to 
London, to search for Italian Scientific Journals. In none of the public libra- 
ries where I made application, as most likely to obtain such works, could I 
find that Italian Journals are regularly subscribed for or received! A new 
Tuscan Scientific Journal is recently announced, with the names of Amici and 
Savi amongst the editors. 
f 3 vols. 8vo, Lond. 1838. 
§ Apercu Historique des Observations de Météorologie, faites en Belgique 
jusqu’a ce jour, 4to, Bruxelles, 1834. 
|| I take this opportunity of returning my thanks generally for the commu- 
nication of valuable meteorological papers, in a detached form, from the respect- 
ive authors, which, for the most part, will be found cited in the following pages. 
