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TABLE XII. 



Thermometrical Observations in the Arctic Seas. 



Spitzbergen. 



Columns 1, 2, 3, and 4. are extracted from a paper which I pub- 

 lished in the Ed. Phil. Journ. for 1841. Column 5. is an abstract of a 

 thermometrical register kept by James Rae, Esq., surgeon of the 

 Royal Navy, on board the North Star. An observation was made 

 every four hours. 



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