562 Meteorological Objervations. 
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Mr. Gough fays, that ‘‘ the obfervations 
from which thefe means are deduced, were 
taken three times a day. The annual mean 
temperature, found in this manner, agrees 
very well with the temperature of our beft 
{fprings, which is nearly invariable. Now, 
according to Kirwan’s eftimate, the mean 
heat of the ocean in latitude 54°, 5° is 
nearly 48,8 of Fahrenheit’s fcale; and fup- 
pofing, what is near the truth, the eleva- 
tion of the town and its diftance from the 
ocean to be fixty yards and twenty-five 
miles refpectively, the greateft correction we 
are authorized to make, by the rules laid 
down in the fifth Chapter of Mr. Kirwan’s 
work, reduces it to 48,20. which exceeds 
the mean drawn from actual obfervation by 
one degree at leaft: a difference that can 
only be attributed to the influence of the 
extenfive chain of hills which incumbers this 
part of England; and which has, un- 
doubtedly, a very fenfible effect on the tem- 
perature, as well as the other properties of 
the weather.” 
Obfervations 
