Meteorological Society. — Meteorological Observatio7is. 399 



of sodium is oxidized at the expense of the oxygen of the iodic acid, 

 of the iodate of soda ; and the iodine of the latter, as well as of the 

 iodide of sodium, separate in the state of a thick precipitate: this 

 observation ought to be attended to in preparing the iodide of sodium. 

 The best plan is to redissolve the mass obtained by dissolving the 

 iodine in liquid soda, and heated to redness, and pass hydrosulphuric 

 acid gas into it, until no more sulphur is precipitated, to separate 

 this by the filter and to crystallize the iodide of sodium. — Ibid. 



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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH, 1839. 



Chisivick. — March 1 . Cloudy. 2. Very fine. 3. Foggy : fine. 4. Cold 

 haze. 5. Bleak and cold. 6. Frosty. 7. Sharp frost. 8. Cloudy and cold. 

 9. Frosty: fine. 10. Frosty: cloudy. U. Dry haze. 12. Frosty: hazy. 

 13. Hazy. 14,1.5. Rain. 16. Fine. 17. Overcast. 18. Cold haze. 19. 

 Cloudy: frosty at night. 20. Rain. 21. Cloudy: fine: rain. 22. Cloudy. 

 23, 24. Fine. 25. Overcast. 26. Dry haze. 27, 28. Showery. 29. Fine. 

 SO. Cold dry haze. 31. Overcast: rain. 



Boston.— March 1 — 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Cloudy. C. Cloudy : hail and 

 snow early a.m. : more snow p.m. 7. Cloudy : snow early a.m. 8. Stormy with 

 snow. 9 — 12. Fine. 13 — 15. Rain: rain early a.m. 16. Cloudy: rain early 

 A.M. 17. Cloudy. 18. Cloudy: snow a.m. 19,20. Cloudy. 21. Cloudy: 

 rain a.m. 22 — 24. Cloudy. 25, 26. Fine. 27. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain 

 a.m. 28. Cloudy : rain, hail, and snow with thunder and lightning p.m. 29 — 

 31. Fine. 



Apptegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — March 1. Occasional showers a.m. : heavy 

 rain and wind p.m. 2. Fine spring day : little raw frost morning. 3. Clear 

 day : wind rather piercing. 4. Cold and ungenial. 5. Cold : dry a.m. : slight 

 snow P.M. 6. Calm cold day: frost keen. 7. The same: showers of snow p.m. : 

 frost. 8. Cold and bleak : hills white ; frost continued. 9. Frost continuing : 

 mod. barometer falling. 10. Still frosty: fine day though cold. 11. Snow 

 two inches deep : frost giving way. 12. Snow gone : very chill and slight frost. 

 13. Temperate: wet afternoon. 14. Damp day : rain in the evening. 15. 

 Calm moist day ; drizzling p.m. 16. Spring day, though somewhat raw : rain 

 P.M. 17. Cold and stormy : hills white: frost p.m. 18. Quietday: frost gone : 

 drizzling P.M. 19. Frosty morning : moderate: cloudy p.m. 20. Moist all 

 day: rain heavy p.m. 21. Mild spring day : occasional slight showers : wind. 

 22. Boisterous morning, with severe snow showers. 23. Unsettled weather : 

 slight showers, with wind. 24. Still very changeable : occasional showers. 25. 

 Showery : unsettled : snow on the hills. 26. Hoar-frost morning : ice a quarter 

 of an inch thick : rain p.m. 27. Heavy rain a.m. : cleared up: rain again p.m. 

 28. Rainy morning : cleared up and was fine. £9. Cold drying day : threaten- 

 ing frost p.m. 30. Very cold and dry : cloudy p.m. 31. Cold: threatening 

 rain came on p. m. 



Sun, 25 days. I Wind westerly, 2 days. 



Rain, 15 days. 



Frost, 10 days. 



Snow, Gdays. 



Wind southerly, 13 daj's. 



ea.sterly, 9 days. 



— — northerly, 7 days. 



Calm, 9 days. 

 Moderate, 9 days. 

 Brisk, 8 days. 

 Strong breeze, 3 days. 

 Stormy, 2 days. 



