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If it be then blown out and again ignited, it continues to glow 

 without the piece of coke, so that by contact with the coke it has 

 passed into a peculiar state, which, in the author's opinion, must 

 arise from an electrical action between the two substances. — Archio 

 der P/iarni., cxxxiv. p. 187. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1856. 



ChiswicJc. — January 1. Overcast: cloudy. 2. Foggy: exceedingly fine: slight 

 rain. 3. Fine : uniformly overcast : fine. 4. Cloudy and mild : overcast : rain at 

 night. 5. Rain : densely overcast : rain. 6. Cloudy : rain. 7. Cloudy : foggy : 

 cloudy. 8. Densely overcast : cloudy and cold. 9. Drizzly : rain and sleet : rain 

 at night. 10. Cloudy and cold: clear and frosty. 11. Frosty : cloudy : frosty. 12. 

 Cloudy : sunshine occasionally : cloudy. 13. Clear and frosty : fine. 14. Dry and 

 frosty. 15. Sharp frost : clear : fine. 16. Fine : rain and fog : cloudy. 17. Over- 

 cast: cloudy: rain. 18. Slight rain : cloudy. 19. Rain: heavy clouds. 20,21. 

 Densely overcast : heavy clouds : slight rain. 22. Densely clouded : rain. 23. 

 Low clouds : hright sun at intervals : cloudy and windy. 24. Densely clouded 

 and boisterous : rain : lightning at night. 25. Overcast : fine. 26. Very fine : 

 rain. 27. Fine: frosty. 28. Frosty: overcast: hail-shower: fine. 29. Clear 

 and frosty : fine : sharp frost. 30. Frosty : fine : cloudy and cold : frosty. 31. 

 Clear and frosty : cloudy : frosty. 



Mean temperature of the month 38°-43 



Mean temperature of Jan. 1855 33 '45 



Mean temperature of Jan. for the last thirty years 36*94 



Average amount of rain in Jan 1690 inch. 



Boston. — January 1. Cloudy. 2. Foggy. 3. Fine. 4. Cloudy: rain p.m. 5. 

 Cloudy : rain A.M. 6. Fine. 7. Cloudy. 8. Cloudy: rain p.m. 9,10. Fine. 

 11. Fine: snow A.M. 12 — 16. Fine. 17, 18. Cloudy : rain p.m. 19. Rain a.m. 

 20. Cloudy : rain P.M. 21. Rain a.m. and p.m. 22. Fine. 23. Rain a.m. 24. 

 Cloudy : rain A.M. 25. Fine. 26. Cloudy: rain a.m. 27. Fine. 28. Fine: rain 

 and snow p.m. 29. Fine. 30, 31. Cloudy. 



Sandwich Manse, OrJcney. — January 1. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 2. Damp a.m. 

 and p.m. 3. Cloudy a.m. : damp p.m. 4. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 5. Damp a.m. : 

 rain p.m. 6. Damp a.m. and p.m. 7. Rain a.m. and p.m. 8. Sleet-showers a.m . 

 hail-showers p.m. 9. Snow-showers a.m. : clear, frost p.m. 10. Snowing a.m. : 

 snow-showers P.M. 11. Snow-showers a.m. : snow-drift p.m. 12. Bright a.m. : 

 thaw, showers p.m. 13. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 14. Cloudy a.m. : fine, cloudy 

 p.m. 15. Cloudy, frost a.m. : fine, cloudy p.m. 16. Cloudy a.m. : fine, cloudy 

 p.m. 17. Damp a.m. : rain p.m. 18. Clear a.m. : fine, clear p.m. 19. Frost a.m. : 

 rain P.M. 20. Bright a.m.: hail-showers p.m. 21. Bright, frost a.m. : clear, 

 frost P.M. 22. Clear, frost a.m. : clear p.m. 23. Sleet a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 

 24. Cloudy a.m. : cloudy, fine p.m. 25. Cloudy a.m. : showers p.m. 26. Showers 

 A.M.: sleet-showers p.m. 27. Clear a.m.: showers p.m. 28. Showers a.m.: 

 snow-showers p.m. 29. Snow-showers a.m. and p.m. 30, 31. Bright a.m. : 

 snow-showers p.m. 



Mean temperature of Jan. for twenty-nine previous years ... 38°-38 



Mean temperature of this month 38 •OO 



Mean temperature of Jan. 1855 38 '16 



Average quantity of rain in Jan. for fifteen previous years ... 4'24 inches. 

 The remarkable depression of the barometer here on the 23rd, 24th and 25th is 

 worthy of observation, coupled with the fact, that the gale which it indicated did 

 not reach Orkney, or the N. of Scotland, while it was violent in England. The 

 first two of these days were really fine here, and marked so in the Register. 



