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mate of Naples. The notices to* correspondents stated 

 that the paper on the horary oscillations of the barometer 

 came too late, but will appear in the next number. 



'December 18th. Ere water's Journal has been pub- 

 lished to-day : only half of my paper on the horary 

 oscillations has been published, owing to a small error 

 in the table of final results, and the remainder postponed 

 till next month, together with my paper on Monte 

 Testaccio, which is approved and will be inserted.' 



