the morning, the quicksilver of Dollond's glass was 

 down to half a degree below zero ; and that of Mar- 

 tin's, which was absurdly graduated only to four de- 



The vicarage at Newton Valence. 



grees above zero, sank quite into the brass guard of 

 the ball ; so that when the weather became most in- 

 teresting, this was useless. On the loth, at eleven at 

 night, though the air was perfectly still, Dollond's 

 glass went down to one degree below zero ! This 

 strange severity of the weather made me very desir- 

 ous to know what degree of cold there might be in 

 such an exalted and near situation as Newton. We 

 had therefore, on the morning of the loth, written to 

 Mr. , and entreated him to hang out his ther- 

 mometer, made by Adams ; and to pay some attention 



to it, morning and evening ; expecting wonderful 



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