AMERICAN JOURNAL 



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AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE, 



No. XX. DECEMBER, 1847. 



TEMPERATURE OF THE SOIL, 



As indicated by a Series of Observations at Albany, JVew York, 

 for Six Months, beginning with May, 1847, and ending with 

 October of the same Year. 



The importance of determining terrestrial temperature is felt 

 more and more as advances are made in scientific agriculture and 

 gardening. We have no space here for general observations on 

 the utility of the subject. Our observations were made primarily 

 for the New York Agricultural Report, now in progress. They 

 have been regularly kept by Mr. Salisbury, who is the chemical 

 assistant, and may be relied upon for accuracy and fidelity. 



Albany is in latitude 42 deg., 39 min. l*he observed mean 

 temperature of the place is 48 deg., 47 min., at an elevation of 

 130 feet above tide. The elevation of the place where the fol- 

 lowing observations were made is about 100 feet above tide, in 

 the open space in the rear of the old State House, where the 

 morning sun shines early, and continues till the after part of the 

 day, when the spot is shaded by the walls upon the west side of 

 the area. 



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