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REMARKS ON SURFACE TEMPERATURE. 



The following statement, for the years 1872 and 1873, kindly supplied 

 by Capt. Liddell, E.N., of the greatest differences between the lowest 

 temperatures marked by his self-registering thermometer exposed on grass, 

 and one 4| feet above the ground, hung below a thatch roof of a small 

 summer house sheltered by trees, affords sufficient confirmatory evidence in 

 regard to the climate of Bodmin, which is illustrative of that of the central 

 district of the county : — 



1872. 



Date. 



Jan. 1. 

 22. 

 Feb. 4. 

 March 11 31 



Mia. on grasss. 



o 

 . . . . 33 . . . 



.... 36 ... 



. . . . 32 . .-. 



April 



June 



July 



26. 

 27. 

 19. 

 4. 

 15. 

 20. 

 26. 

 24. 



Date. 



Jan. 12. 



13. 



Feb. 11. 



March 26. 



April 11. 



20. 



21. 



22. 



24. 



25. 



26. 



27. 



28. 



2. 



3. 



2. 



9. 



May 



June 

 July 



22 

 27 

 29 

 39 

 37 

 47 

 47 

 50 



Min. on grass. 



36 

 35 

 23 

 36 



28 

 31 

 35 



29 

 22 

 23 

 21 



28 

 28 

 31 

 28 

 41 

 42 



Dift. 

 o 



7 

 7 



7 

 7 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 11 

 10 

 7 



Date. 



July 31. 

 August 1. 



2. 



4. 

 28. 



1. 



7. 

 15. 



4. 

 19. 

 18. 

 24. 



Sept. 

 Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



1873. 



Diff. 

 o 



8 



9 



6 

 12 



8 

 10 



9 



10 

 11 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 10 

 11 



8 

 10 



Date. 



July 12. 



13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 

 August 1. 



17. 



19. 



23. 



24. 



25. 

 Sept. 19. 

 Oct. 15. 



20. 



30. 

 Nov. 11. 



Min. on grass. 



48 

 49 

 60 

 66 

 42 

 44 

 30 

 30 

 35 

 32 

 34 

 31 



Min. on grass. 



44 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 47 

 40 

 42 

 43 

 39 

 45 

 43 

 32 

 36 

 26 

 36 



Diff. 



Diff. 



o 



. 10 



. 10 



. 10 



. 10 



. 11 



. 10 

 . 10 



. 11 



. 12 

 . 12 

 . 10 

 . 8 

 . 10 

 . 9 



The results furnished by Mr. C. U. Tripp for Altarnun, our most eastern 



