Oe En ern 
+ 
- 30 feet above do. - .33..0 
Miscellanies. 401 
As soon as the funds of the society will permit, the Couneil will 
publish several interesting papers, illustrative of meteorological phe- 
nomena; in which important proceeding they will be greatly assisted, 
by the valuable observations made by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, at the 
Cape, in the period during which he has been stationed in that inter- 
esting portion of the globe. 
The Council requests that all communications or donations of 
books, instruments, &c. may be forwarded to the secretary, No. 47, 
Hatton Garden, London. 
We have learned with pleasure by a letter from the secretary, Mr. 
White, dated April 2d, 1838, that this important society is proceeding 
with fair prospects of success. We invite the attention of American 
meteorologists to the great importance of coincident observations in 
this country, upon the plan recommended by Sir. J. F. W. Herschel, 
of which we have received an example from the society for 37 hours, 
commencing at 6 A. M. of the 21st of March, and ending at 6 P. M. 
of the 22d. The plan has, we are aware, been carried into effect in 
several places in the United States, and the results made public by the 
Albany Institute; butit is very desirable that observations of this na- 
ture should be multiplied, and that scientific individuals in every part 
of our land should lend their aid to an object so important. ~ 
We have also received a copy of the laws and regulations of the 
society, which appear judiciously devised, and it will give us pleasure 
to aid its efforts in any way in our power. We give the result of its 
observations for the 37 hours named above. 
MAXIMUM OF THE lst. MAXIMUM OF THE 22d. , 
On the Earth, - - 48° 2 On the Earth, - - 42°56 
4 feet above do. - 9 0 4 feet above do. - - 49 0 
30 feet above do. ge EM i 30 feet above do. - 46 0 
MINIMUM OF THE 2lst. MINIMUM. OF THE 22d. 
‘On the Earth, - -. $29 5 
4 feet above do. - - 35 O 
30 feet above do. - 34 0 
On the Earth, - ee | eee) 
4 feet above do. -. 36 0 
_ 20. London Electrical Society, and Annals of Electricity, Mag- 
_ netism and Chemistry, §&c.—To this important branch of knowledge 
a distinct journal is now devoted, and a society has been formed for 
its more assiduous cultivation. 
The journal, which at first appeared quarterly, is now published 
monthly, under the able supervision of Mr. William Sturgeon, lec- 
turer on Experimental Philosophy at the Honorable East India Com- 
pany’s Mil. Sem. Addiscombe, &c. &c. 
Vou. XX XIV.—No. 2, 51 
