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thereby warped or cracked; and furthermore the paper guard, — 
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Tespect: and the highly ereditable performances of friends, to 
whom I have given the method forming the subject of this com- 
munication, lead me to believe that with the facilities it affords 
the observers of our country will need no Topping for objects 
Within their reach, and I beg leave to add that the profitable 
P ure [ have enjoyed induces me, through the American 
ournal of Science, to invite participation. ‘ 
Baltimore, Nov. 15th, 1857. 
Art. XXUI.—Blodyet’s Chimatoloqy of the United States and of 
the Lemperate Latitudes of the North American Continent. 
Tats work relates to a subject of great practical importance 
to the people of the United States, and one which hitherto has 
Teceived but partial attention. In 1842 there was published a 
Yolame on “the Climate of the United States and its endemic 
Influences, by Samuel Forry, M.D.” This was an octavo volume 
of 880 pages, more than two-thirds of which were devoted to an 
application of the laws of climate to the elucidation of disease. 
a ~ The work of Mr. Blodget contains a summary of the statistics 
of Meteorological Observations, furnishing the mean tem ture 
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erat 
month at 250 stations scattered all over the United States, 
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ry Climatology of the United States and of the temperate poonin nad Mad beaines of 
ad wi Continent, embracing a full comparison of beragice the oF Aarienltare, 
Seer latitudes of Enrepe and Asia, ad especially pagar 
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'Y vestigations and Engin istics of 
Season, ‘the extreme months and the year, including a Peconngtd - a hay een 
1s ’ é s, com * ; 
te ‘ogieal observations in th aptgperot rge 8vo, with m: 1857. 
‘Nd official publications. By Loriw Bionast. 686 pp. , 
delphia, J, B. Lippincsis & Co.; London, Triibner & Co. 
