Mean Temperature of any Place. 87 
to such an extent, for instance, that the variation of one 
degree of Fahrenheit’s thermometer shall cause the clock to 
gain or lose five minutes a day; we shall at once have an 
instrument which will register the temperature of the aggre- 
gate of every vibration it has made. 
ART. VIIL—Meteorological Observations at Bendigo. By 
Lupwig BEcKER, Esa. 
In the present paper I am desirous to give the result of my 
observations on the weather, at Bendigo, during a period of 
fifteen months, viz., from the 1st December, 1852, to the 28th 
February, 1854. Durimg which period I have prepared 
complete meteorological tables.* 
During my stay at Bendigo I was unable to procure either 
a barometer or a thermometer, and the stated grade of tem- 
perature met with in the tables was kindly furnished to me by 
a gentleman who was fortunate enough to have been in 
possession of the necessary instruments. 
My especial object in preparing these meteorological tables 
is, that in connection with, and compared to, later observa- 
tions, it should tend to fix the character of the seasons and °* 
their phenomena. 
So far as I have had the opportunity of observing the 
character of the weather at Bendigo, I have come to the 
following conclusions :— 
1. Prevailmg winds come generally from N. W., most 
of the rain coming from the same quarter. 
2. During the day there is more or less wind, followed by a 
calm and clear night. 
3. Warm days and hot winds are generally succeeded in the 
evening by a cold southerly wind, as if the effect of the sea 
breeze extended as far inland as Bendigo. 
4. The hot winds announce themselves in the morning 
by a thick hazy atmosphere, with a light south-easterly 
breeze ; the wind, increasing in force, veers from south-east to 
east, and gradually wears round to the north-west, which 
ends in a cold south wind, thus making a perfect circle ; the 
greatest heat is felt when the wind is blowing from the 
north-west ; the hot wind is generally followed by rain. 
5. The whirlwinds prevailing during fine weather and gentle 
breezes, but do not indicate rain. 
* The original meteorological tables are deposited in the Museum of Natural 
History. 
