Miscellaneous Intelligence. ‘Te 
on the northern limb, otherwise the color was only the delicate white 
- which seems characteristic of this phenomenon. e span of the arch, 
measuring on the horizon, was about 105°, and its approximate height, 
42°, Whole duration about ten minutes. To give a clearer idea of 
the position of things, | may remark that the time of sunset was 7h. 
21m., and that of moonrise six minutes later. 
'%. Meteorological Observations taken by the Royal Astronomer at 
the Observatory of Athens, (Greece), on the Hill of the Nymphs, west 
of the Acropolis, and at an elevation of 120 French metres above the 
surface of the sea, (translated from the official Greek report, by Rev. 
Joun H. Hitt, of Athens.)—Mean temperature during the month of 
January, 1851, +6°- Reaumur. | July, 1851,+21°:1 Reaumur. 
oe August, eh ce, 2S - sali 
March, e September, “ 18°4 “ 
April, 6 12°°9 wd October, big 14°:3 “ 
ay, ae November, “ 3 eee 
June, “3 19°-9 * December, “ x Sed 4 a 
Mean temperature throughout the year, +13°°7 Reaumur. During 
winter Reaumur’s thermometer rarely falls below —3°:, and during the 
period of the greatest heat of summer it rises to +-29°° in the shade, 
and to +-45°: in the sun 
e mean state of the barometer (at a temperature of 0°: of the 
mercury) is 753-02 (thousandth parts of a metre). The highest and 
lowest extremes observed are respectively 765°00 and 74402. 
Mean degree of humidity, 66°67 per cent. 
ili rtheasterly and north; the 
latter during the months of June, July and August are strong, and hot, 
and 
showers (torrents), but are of short duration. lot 
summer, or snow in winter. Thunder and lightning; loud, vivid, but un- 
frequent. ‘The sky is generally without clouds, and in winter very 
brigh 
Montigny, of Namur, on the evening of t 
was first seen at 7h., and by 9$h. it had almost wholly disappeared. 
ings often more or less beneath the level o 
10 cnt Sc | of Paris.—At the session of 
—(10.. Prize. the Academy of Sciences © —At the s 
the 224 of _—— oe | eines Re ronomy for 1852 was divided between 
Sxcoxn Semmes, Vol. XIV, No. 41—Sept, 1852. 
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