Meteorological Journal, kept at Marietta, Ohio. 255 
Arr. XXVIII.—Absiract of a Meicorologial Journal, for the Year 
1853: kept at Marietta, Ohio, in Lat. 39° 25’ N., and Long. 
4° 28’ West of Washington City; by S. P. Hitprern, M.D. 
| THERMOMETER. i | BAROMETER. 
dt Rk 2 | Eas... 
: 34 | 
5 A ae] Prevailing | 
MONTHS. Heer E | 22 | Winds. ‘. ‘ 
|) 2/3 /6/%) 2s jad Bones 
ni eee ee 1 ee 18 
Sisifiei sia ee 2 
SE |e Sif |S |= (8 4 oe 
January, . . . (8330/64, 0) 16) 15| 220) ws. &s.w. 29°90 28-45 1°45) 
February, . . ~- |8710)64) 11) 19) 16, 492) wd&s.w. 29552885 “70 
March,” . . . (40°66/74) 14) 17| 14! 088! wis. & E+ 29°70 98-80! -90 
\pril, j 53:00/80, 24! 17| 13] 592) nw. eds. |29°55/28°75 
ay, 61:13|88) 34) 16) 16) 3°21) s. w.,s.s.e. /29°60,29°10) “50 
une, 7460/95! 50) 28) 2) 0 s.&s.W. 29°652 5 
uly, 7115/94) 54° 26) 5) 4°12! s. ws. FB. dN. 29°60 29°23) “37 
71°55|91; 50) 22) 9] 2°83] s,s. nm d& Nn. (29°63 29-20) -4: 
eptember, 6433/87, 40 20, 10, 2°80, ssw. és 900-6 
etober, 4886/82; 28) 22 4°29) N., w.d& 8. E. 29°70 28°98) “75 
Yovember, ; . 14617 | 14) 16) 2°83} 4n,s.s.E 9°83 29 20) “6% 
Jecember,. . . |31°08/62' 6 12) 19| 216) Nn. w.,N.wW. (29°62 28°60:102| 
‘Mean for the year, . 52°74 229-143'37-04! ; 
The temperature for the year is 52°°74, which is rather above 
the mean annual heat for this place. No very .remarkable ex- 
tremes of heat or cold have distinguished the year, although the 
ul, in Assyria, on the river Tigris, where the American ard 
of Missions have several missionaries, whose health remains good 
With the thermometer at 112° or higher. ‘T'o render it deadly, 
tequires some imprudent act, as drinking cold water, which par- 
alyzes the motion of the heart, by its sudden reduction of temper- 
ature. A benevolent and all-wise creator, has regulated the laws 
of Nations in a way most beneficial to man ; so that water from 
Springs and fountains shall be of the same temperature as the 
Mean annual heat of the climate ; thus in a measure preventing 
the injurious effects of cold water on the over-heated human 
‘ame in the tropical regions of the earth. 
