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REMARKS 



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OCEAN. dov/n,, and fhutting while it was hawling up again. 



The annexed 



table will 



fhev/ the refult of the experiments. 



Date. 



Latitude. 



De-jfrecs of Fahrenheit's 

 Thermometer. 



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In the air. 



On the lurtacc 

 ofthefc.i-wat. 



1772. 



September 5 



00^ 52^ N. 



7sr 



27 



24*^ 44.^ s. 





Oftober 12. 



^3 



1773- 



January 13 



/ ^2 



lo 





34°4§'S. 60'' 





December 15. 55° 00' S. 



301° 



55 



6'S. 



3^0 



64° 00^ S. 



1 



37 



74' 



7 a 



59' 



30° 



3 



331° 



-At a certain 

 cle[>t:h inthefea. 



Depth in 

 fathoms. 



66' 



68» 



58' 



34' 



341" 



32 



. Stay of the 



Thermometer 



in the deep. 





S5F. 



80 F. 



100 F. 



100 F. 



100 F 



100 F 



3 



c/ 



^/ 



20^ 



A 



16^ 



20' 





Time in 



hauling the 

 Thermo- 

 meter up. 



27J' 



7^ 



6^ 



51' 



61' 



7' 



From this table it appears, that under the Line, and near the- 



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Tropics, the water is cooler at a great depth than at its furface. 

 In high latitudes, the air is colder fometimes, fometimes very near 

 upon a par, and fometimes warmer than the fea- water at the depth 



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of about I GO fathoms ; according as the preceding changes of the 

 temperature o f the air, or the dire(ftion and violence of the wind 



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