110 Dr. Holmes’ meteorological observations. 
Observations at Savannah, with Fahrenheit’s thermometer, in the 
year 1785, by T. Matlack, Esq. 
64 67 84 86 85 76 85] The wells in the town are from six- 
83 84 86 84 82 81 76 | teen to eighteen feet deep, through a fine 
81 85 78 74 84 84 89 | sand, and the water is 66 and 67°. This 
82 84 86 84 92 91 85 | spring having been uncommonly cold, no 
July heat in the air could, at the end of May, 
82 85 76 74 80 82 84 | have raised that of the water cabbie? rn 
90 | true medium heat of this country, w 
BS 00 98 SS. Oe Oe Oey should think, may be fairly pia 
89° 86 82 79 82 92 86] a 66° 
N. B. The initial letters indicate the days of the ae the figures, the 
highest ascent of the mercury. | 
Lhermometrical observations, by Fahrenheit’s seale, in the shaded air, : 
taken at Charleston, South Carolina. oe 
1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 
h. val et sata L jh. i. |. 1. [ine 1. [h. 1. [h. 1. | lL. jh. 1. | rie 
: t , ‘ i | 1 | | 
"7791 1792) 1795 1794) 1795) 1796) 1797] 1798 
Bre 891309 1134|92)29|89} : 
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Additional remarks. 
The greatest range oe the mercury in 24 hours, according )- ay 
to observations in Charleston, South Carolina, is said by 46 
governor Drayton to | 
Greatest range in Salem, according to Dr. Holyoke, Ai° 
Difference between the greatest range at Charleston and Salem 5° 
