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Temperature of the Air. 

 MiN. AND Max. Averages. 



Min 



Max 



Min. and Max 



Range 



Tri-Daily Observations, 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m • 



Mean 



Relative Humidity. 



7. a. m. . . . . 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Mean . . . 



Pressure as Observed. 



7 a. m 



2 p. nti 



9 P m 



Mer>n 



Miles per Hour of Wind. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m. . 



Total miles 



Clouding by Tenths. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Rain. 



Inches 



Dec. 20tli 

 to 30th. 



18.2 

 38.0 

 28.1 



19.8 



22.5 

 28.4 

 24 I 

 24.8 



29,09 

 29.09 

 29.11 

 29.10 



13.8 

 12.2 

 II. 6 



2539 



7.6 

 4.9 

 3-4 



,10 



Jaxi. I St 

 to loth. 



2.1 



31-5 

 16.8 

 29.9 



7.2 

 22.2 



14-3 

 18,5 



29.21 

 29.14 

 29.21 

 29.19 



3071 



3-1 

 2.3 

 3.0 



.00 



Jan. loth 

 to 20th. 



4-5 

 28.7 

 16.6 



24.2 



8.2 

 25.0 



15-3 

 16.8 



29.13 

 29.08 

 29.14 

 29.12 



4995 



3.4 

 2.1 



4.0 



•S3 



Mean. 



8.3 

 32-7 

 20.5 

 24.6 



12.6 



25 2 

 17.9 

 20.0 



29.14 

 29 10 



29-15 

 29.13 



10605 



4-7 

 3-1 



3 5 



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ASTRONOMY. 



THE STARS FOR FEBRUARY. 



The northern heavens present no change of special importance since last 

 month. The Dragon has been carried away from his former hovering position, 

 and now appears as if swooping downward, though in a direction contrary to that 

 of his real motion around the pole. The ancient observers do not seem to have 

 attached any importance, by the way, to the direction in which the star-sphere 

 turns ; and indeed, a motion so slow as not to be perceptible by ordinary vision 

 might well be left out of account in forming imaginary star-groups. Some of the 

 figures go forward, as Orion, the Great Bear, Bootes (the Herdsman), the Lion, 

 and so forth; others go backward, as the Dragon, the Ram, the Bull, Pegasus (the 

 Winged Horse), and so on ; while others, like Ophiuchus (the Serpent bearer), are 

 supposed to face the observer and so travel sideways; and others again, travel on 

 their head, as Hercules, Cepheus, and Andromeda, It is quite clear that those 



