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Meteorological Observations. 



[August . 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT MARTINS- 

 BURGH, N. Y. 



There is, perhaps, no method of representing the relative for- 

 wardness of different seasons, or the prevailing character of the 

 climate of any district, better than the following, which, although 

 it wants the precision of scientific observations, has the advan- 

 tage of being fully comprehended by all, being made up from the 

 record of those little events which diversify life in rural districts, 

 and serve as popular indicators of the relatively advanced state of 

 different seasons. Were such tables more generally kept, we 

 might, from their comparison, deduce, perhaps, some important 

 laws which govern climates and seasons, and airive at important 

 results of interest to mankind in general, as well, if not better, than 

 from monthly averages of temperature and barometric pressure. 



During four years a record of the failure or fulfilment of the 

 weather-table, (usually ascribed to Dr. Clarke,) was kept with 

 the following results, viz.: 



From which we are led to infer that the moon's changes have 

 little to do with the changes in our atmosphere. Only such cases 

 were recorded as were decidedly in accordance or disagreement 

 with the table. 



The following observations were made at Martinsburgh, N. Y., 

 during the following years: 



