TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introduction. 



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List of OiScers, etc. .......... 



ARTICLE I. (443.) Results op Meteorological Observations made at Provi- 

 dence, R. I., Extending over a Period of Forty-Five Years, from 

 December, 1831, to December, 1876. . By Alexis Caswell, Professor 

 of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in Brown University, Providence, 

 Rhode Island. Published 1882. 4to., 39 pages. 



Table I. Monthly and annual mean height of the barometer at the 

 three hours of daily observation 



Table II. Monthly and annual mean height of the barometer 



Table III. Monthly and annual mean temperature at the three hours 

 of daily observation .... 



Table IV. Monthly and annual mean temperatures . 



Table V, Monthly and annual maximum and minimum temper- 

 atures and range .... 



Table VI. Monthly and annual maximum and minimum tempera- 

 tures and range. (From observations with maximum 

 and minimum thermometers.) .... 



Table VII. Number of days in each month and year on which the pre- 

 vailing winds came from each of the four quarters of the 

 horizon . . . . . . . 



Table VIII. Monthly and annual mean force of the wind at the differ- 

 ent hours of observation and for each month and year . 



Table IX. Monthly and annual mean cloudiness for the different hours 

 of oljservation and for each month and year 



Table X. Monthly and annual number of days on which the weather 

 was clear; variable, or cloudy; and on which rain or 

 snow fell ...... 



Table XI. Monthly and annual quantity of rain and snow (reduced 

 to water) in inches ..... 



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