296 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
14, Heat anp coup or Urica. 
A table ihieing th n or average temperature of each month of the 
- year Sor eight years a ion 1840, to 1847 rE from observations 
taken daily at sunrise, 1 P. M., and 9 P. M., by S. Aylsworth, 
~ Months. “) 1840. | 1841. | 1842. | 1843.) 1844. ie 5. | 1846, | 1847. 
January, . «| 16-26 | 27-31 | 26°25 | 28-86 | 15°56 | 26-82 | 24-67 | 23:10 
February, 30-62 | 23-46 | 30-78 | 18:32 | 25-07 | 26-03 | 21-88 | 24-04 
March, . 34-58 | 29-82 | 39-41 | 23-63 | 34-75 | 37-35 | 35-13 | 28:27 
April 50-00 | 41:63 | 47-31 | 43-92 | 52:71 | 46:37 | 50-44 | 41-00 
ay, 60-04 | 56°28 | 51-10 | 55-24 | 59-48 | 54-09 | 60.37 | 58-00 
June, 65-41 | 68:39 ©) | 63-23 | 66 66- 84 78 
July, 71-78 | 67:13 58 | 69-13 | 70-90 | 70:39 | 70-80 | 72:00 
August, 0-33 | 67:50 79 | 70-77 | 67-82 | 71-92 | 71-44 | 67-62 
September, 62-00 | 57:76} 62: 62 60-4 “66 | 59-03 
October, . . | 47:33 | 41-82 | 47-13 | 45-24 | 49-43 | 50-94 | 48-08 25 
November, . . . | 37-44 | 34-42} 33-93 | 34-23) 36 0:23 | 43-03 | 41-03. 
December, . . | 22-41 | 28-28 | 25-46 | 30-08 | 28-94 | 22-24 | 26-45 | 31:43 
Annua nenba, - + | 46:95 | 45-67 | 46°37 | 45-42 | 47-48 | 47-73 | 48:72 | 4613 
Extreme cold during the above years in the following months: 
Month. | £840. | 1841. | 1842. | 1843. _ 1844, | 1845. 1846. 1847. 
Janvary,. . . . .|—2% |—10 |(—10 |—1 |-14 |=6 [-18 | 2 
February, . . . .|~—10 —6 4 |\—5 |+10 |—16 |—12 |—10 
Le a a 4 0 12. j~>“ 10 16 |—2 4 
December, . . . .|—6 |—14 6 4 ey 4 
The preceding Tables are from the Annual Report of the | ee 
of the University of the State of New York, made March 
The asterisks in the first eget indicates hens numbers which ye et 
ved a records or personal obser 
. Y., is situated in intitede 43° 7’, “pagal 75° 13’, where 
the pa a of heat and cold are as great as in any part of this coun- 
try in the same latitude. 
15. inidsecane (L’Institut, No. 751, May 24, 1848.)—M. Babinet 
presented to the French Academy in May last an Atmidoscope con- 
structed by M. Lerebours to indicate, from the dryness of the atmos- 
he con- 
sumption of which is measured by a fall in the Jevel of the water ina 
pao a ube com pr acto, 2 with the reservoir. M. Babinet men- 
io various uses of the instrument h r 
cae ee s nt in hygiene, meteorology, agri 
. Magneti ic Perturbations, (L'Institut, No. 751.)—M. QuETELE 
gives th the PF i list of magnetic perturbations at Brien duting 
t 
, 21, 30. July, a 
February, 6, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25. August, 5, 25. 
16, 1756 4,5, 8,9, 10, 11, September, 13, 17, 24, 25, 28, 
April, 3, 5, 8, 12, 15, 20, 29, 30. October, 8, 12, 23, 25. 
May, 8, 15. November, R 23, 25 , 
June, 11. December, 3, 11, 17, 18, 20, Qi. 
