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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



[1853 



hand, which will enable him to use two dibblers at one and the same 

 time — that is, one in each hand. In this case, the level', or lifter, 

 aforesaid acts by suitable mechanism, so as to allow only a single seed 

 to issue from the month o{ the dibbler at one time; the tubes of the 

 dibblers are to be made in parts, attached together as hereafter set 

 forth ; the funnel, or reservoir, designed lo hold the seed being on the 

 top ot the tube. The two irons, or handles, called the lilting and hold- 

 ing-irons, are secured to the tube, and extend and pass through the 

 top of the funnel. The tubes being made in halves, I have two pieces 

 of metal (or other statable material), one for each half of the tube, of a 

 shape corresponding with the size of the inner circle of the tube; these 

 pieces of metal are placed exactly opposite each other in the tube, flush 

 with the top of it, and secured firmly to the tube; the piece intended 



for the side of the lifting- iron is designated the "receiver," and has a 

 cavity formed thereon to receive the seed, and this cavity thus formed 

 is left very smooth; the other piece of metal should be placed exactly 

 opposite, in the other half tube of the holding-iron, and which is 

 denominated the "strike," as it performs the office of 'keeping back 

 the overplus seed on the return of the liifing-irou, It should be borne 

 in miud, thatin most eases of single deposits the seed should be sifted, 

 that as uniform a size as possible may be obtained. In the case of 

 wheat-sowing, or planting, I prefer to make the cavity of an oblong 

 shape; and somewhat larger or deepened at the bottom, in order to 

 adapt it to the shape of the grain. It is obvious the above-described 

 mechanism may be adapted (a number combined together) to machine 

 drills. — Mining Gazette. 







Aleut 



lily Mcteorolo 



sical Register, at the 



Provincial Mairiietical Ob^er 



ratory, Toronto 



■ Canatl 



a West. 



—October, 1853. 









Latitude 43 deg. 39.4 fniii. North. Longitude, 79 dug. 2 



mm 



West 



Elevation 



above Lake Ontario: WH feet. 





5 



U 



a 

 1 



Baro 



n. at te 



n. of 32 deg. 



Temperature of die air. 



Tension 



Df Vapour. 



II 



imidity of A 



r. 



Wind. 



Rain 



in 

 Inch. 



S'nw 

 in 



5 



6 A.M. 



2p.m. 



10 p.m. 



MEAN. 



6a.m.|2p.m. 



10p.m. 



m'n. 



6a.m. 2p.m. 



10p.m. 



m'n 



J A.M. 



2 p.m. 



10 p.m. 



m'n 



6 A. M. 



2 P. M. ,10 P. M.M'N V 



Inch. 



c 



29.512 



23 446 



29.374 



29.443 



o 

 46 5 





 58.2 





 53.9 





 52.80 



0.240 0.264 



374 



0.23t 



77 



55 



91 



74 



N bE 



S 



S 



Miles 

 3.04 



0.0S5 





a 



2 



.456 



.539 







46.5 



49.2 







.263. .221 







84 



64 







NWbW 



N Wh N 





8.33 



_ _ 



— 



b 



3 



.662 



.597 



.634 



.649 



347 



49.7 



42 5 



42 85 



.170 .131 



.236 



.181 



85 



37 



S3 



70 



NWbW 



WbNlW S W 



3.79 



Inap 



- - 



b 



4 



.531 



.397 



.276 



.390 



47.8 



64.7 



57.7 



57 07 



.241 



.343 



.349 



.313 



73 



57 



75 



68 



S S VV 



S S VV S b W 



8 29 



150 



- - 



b 



5 



.041 



.019 



.259 



.115 



55.8 



57.1 



43.7 



53.20 



.355 



.351 



.274 



,32i. 



81 



77 



81 



82 



SI» W 



W b N 1 WN W 



9.11 



2J5 



- . 



b 



6 



.564 



.673 



.783 



.687 



41.2 



45.6 



32.1 



39.48 



.197 



.174 



.151 



.171 



76 



57 



83 



71 



NWbW 



N VV ! VV b N 



5 60 



InuD 



- - 



b 



7 



.875 



.793 



.696 



.786 



2^.7 



49.5 



43.8 



41.63 



.127 



.217 



.243 



.201 



SO 



71 



SB 



77 



N W 



S SE 



Calm 



3 70 



_ _ 



- - 



c 



5 



.652 



.423 



.270 



.423 



35.5 



53.6 



56.1 



51.55 



.192 



.331 



.357 



.290 



93 



68 



81 



81 



Calm 



S b E 



SbW 



4.73 







- - 



b 



£ 



.373 



.205 







42.7 



61.7 







.242 



.275 







90 



51 







Calm 



Wb s 





6 33 







- - 



b 



If 



.411 



.430 



.613 



.519 



! 33.4 



46 6 



37.3 



33.80 



.157 



.193 



.177 



.161 



82 



63 



80 



71 



W 



S h VV 



N W 



f>M 



0.050 



- . 



a 



1! 



.790 



.S26 



.870 



.834 



34.6 



48.3 



33.7 



39.12 



.164 



.172 



.162 



.165 



82 



51 



83 



71 



N W 



N VV b N 



W 



5 65 



_ _ 



. - ■ 



k 



12 



.836 



.773 



.752 



.779 



36.3 



52.1 



395 



42 07 



.169 .188 



.173 



.17.; 



79 



49 



73 



67 



VV b N 



VV b N 



W l> N 



4 29 



_ _ 



- . 



b 



J3 



.762 



.732 



.793 



.763 



34 8 



56.4 



41 



44.70 



.162 .195 



.195 



.18 



78 



43 



76 



66 



WbS 



N VV 



N N W 



6 23 



_ _ 



_ _ 



d 



14 



.871 



.892 



.929 



.903 



36.4 



54 7 



40.0 



43 58 



.133 



.206 



.163 



.20!) 



87 



49 



66 



71 



NWtS 



SbW 



N 



361 



_ _ 



. . 



e 



16 



.968 



.907 



.390 



.917 



! 34.8 

 34.1 



56.5 



43.5 



44.83 



.163 



.270 



.193 



.216 



84 



61 



70 



73 



N VV b'W 



S 



S bW 



2 93 



_ _ 



- - 



c 



lb 



.915 



.910 







57.4 







.153 



.326 







79 



71 







S b VV 



S E 





1.14 



_ _ 



_ 



b 



17 



.710 



.763 



.867 



.809 



41.6 



60.7 



4S.0 



50.45 



.224 



.334 



.215 



.269 



86 



64 



65 



73 



N bE 



S 



N 



3 80 



. . 



. . 



c 



IS 



.941 



.951 



.933 



.944 



139.3 



50.9 



34.4 



42.00 



.196 



.227 



.156 



.189 



82 



62 



78 



71 



N 



S S E 



Calm 



218 



_ _ 







b 



19 



.930 



.901 



.891 



.912 



31.8 



53.2 



4! 5 



4480 



.145 



.231 



.198 



.211 



31 



55 



71 



70 



Calm 



s 



Calm 



79 



_ _■ 



. . 



■ 



20 



MA 



.793 



.705 



.788 



39.1 



53 6 



48 7 



4900 



.206 



.273 



.215 



.223 



87 



57 



63 



m 



Calm 



SE bE 



N N E 



1 2.5 



_ _ 



_ . 



b 



21 



.€07 



.453 



.305 



.444 



50.6 



55 9 



00 4 



54 07 



322 



.335 



.395 



.334 



89 



84 



92 



89 



Calm 



N E b E E N E 



7 60 



005 



_ . 



■ 



22 



.130 



.093 



.201 



.155 



olA 



57.9 



53.5 



00. OO 



.423 



.387 



.336 



.374 



92 



8? 



84 



86 



N E bE 



SbW 



S Wb S 



7 46 



0.020 



- _ 



■ 



23 



.434 



.432 







33.4 



43 4 







.180 



.230 







78 



78 







SW bW 



WbS 





6 56 



Inap 



. _ 



« 



24 



.667 



.525 



.429 



.542 



2i.l 



39.0 



31.1 



32.96 



.143 



.169 



.123 



.152 



90 



72 



73 



80 



VV S VV 



N NE 



Wb N 



2 42 





- - 



e 



2o 



.342 



.513 



.680 



.525 



2o 5 



38.1 



34.5 



32.70 



.10' 



.I06 



.171 



.Mi 



76 



68 



87 



76 



W 



SW bW 



Calm 



7 23 



. _ 



Inap 



b 



20 



.692 



.589 



.474 



.578 



37.3 



46.5 



43. S 



43.10 



.193 



.230 



.255 



.2.1;- 



87 



74 



91 



86 



S 



SbW 



S S E 



5 53 



350 



," _ 



b 



27 



.451 



.537 



.652 



.570 



44.2 48 3 



395 



44.32 



.238 



.239 



.213 



23- 



93 



72 



88 



8<> 



Calm 



N 



Calm 



5 53 



_ _ 



_ _ 



a 



2S 



.653 



.719 



.816 



.742 



37.0 



43.8 



33.0 



33.32 



.182 



.143 



132 



.159 



83 



51 



87 



70 



N" & 1) N 



N 



N N W 



3 53 



_ _ 



. , 



a 



2!) 



.956 



.992 



30.061 



30.014 



35 2 



41.9 



30.2 



34.93 ] 



.167 



.189 



.132 



.15,. 



82 



72 



7S 



76 



N VV b X 



SbW 



N b E 



3.18 



_ _ 



- T 



d 



30 



30.049 



29 920 







30.2 



43.8 







.140 



.197 







86 



70 







N N E 



SE b E 





231 







nap 



b 



31 



M 



29.752 



.618 



29.526 



29.623 



23.7 



50.1 



44 5 



41.40 



.146 



.216 



.245 



.20; 



0.22o 



93- 



61 



S5 



SO 



E NE 

 MPs 3.45 



S 



S 



7 14 

 4.72 









29.664 



29 633 



29.643 



29.649 



33.34 51.84 



42.70 



44.40J 



202 0.241 



0.226 



84 



62 



so 



75 



Mi's 7.35 Mi's 5 95 



0.875 





§um of the Atmospheric Current, in miles, resolved into the four Cardinal 

 directions. 



North, 1162.29; West, 1731.3S ; South, 1217.07; East, 402.64. 

 Mean direction of the wind, West. 

 £lcan velocity of the wind - - 4 72 miles per hour. 



Maximum velocity- - - - - 17.1 miles per hour, from 9 to 10 a.m. on 25th 

 Most windy day ----- 5th: Mean velocity, 9.1 1 miles per hour. 

 Least windy day - - - - - 19th Mean velocity, 0.79 ditto. - 

 Raining 23 5 hours on 10 days. 

 Thunderstorm on 5ih, from II A. M. to Noon. 

 Snowing on 2 days. Snowing 3 hours, quantity Inapp. 

 First frost ot the season, 12th Sept. First snow of the season, 25th Oct. 

 Indian Summer horn I2ili lo 20ih October. 



Highest Barometer - - 30.0fci6,at Midnight on 29th. ) Monthly range: 

 Lowest Barometer - - 2JS.985, at Nnon on 5ih. \ 1 081 inches. 



Highest regtefd Temp. - 64.7, at 2 P.M., on 4th [ Monthly range . 

 Lowest regist'd Temp. - 23.4, at — A.M., on 30th S 41.3 



Mean Maximum Thermometer. - - - 53 34 £ Mean daily range: 

 Mean Minimum Thermometer - - - - - 32 83$ 20.51 



Greatest daily range - - - - - 31.5 from P. M. 9ih to A. M. of 10th. 

 Warmest day - - 4th - - - Mean Temperature - 57.07 f Difference 

 Coldest day - - -25th - - - Mean Temperature - 32 70$ 24.37 



The "Means" are derived from six observations daily, viz., at 6 and S 

 A- M., and2, 4, 10 and 12, P. M. 



Aurora observed on 4 nights. Possible to see Aurora on 16 nights. Inv 

 P*ssible tc see Aurora on 11 nights. 



The column headed " Magnet" is an attempt lo distinguish the character 

 of each day, as regards the frequency or extent of the fluctuations of the 

 Magnetic declination, indicated by the self-registering instruments at Toronto. 

 The classification is, losome extent, arbitrary, and may require future modi- 

 fication, but has been found tolerably definite as far as applied. It is as follows: 



(a) A marked absence o( Magneiical disturbance. 

 (£) Unimportant rtiovenaents, not to ba called disturbance. 



(c) Marked disturbance — whether shewn by frequency or amount of 

 deviation from the normal curve — but of no great importance. 



(d) A greater degree ofdislurbance-^but not of long continuance. 

 00 Considerable disturbance — lasting more or less the whole day. 

 (/') A Magneiical disturbance of the first class. 



The day is reckoned from noon to noon. If two letters are placed, the first 

 applies to the earlier, the latter to the laler part of the trace. Although the 

 Declination is particularly referred to, it rarely happens that the same terms 

 are not applicable lo the changes of the Horizontal Force also. 







Comparative Tab 1 



c fo 



r October. 











Tern pel 



atnre. 







Rain. 



Snow. 



Wind, 



Year. 



Mean. 



Max. 

 obsfrvd 



Mm. 

 obs'rvd 



Range. 







D'ys. 



Inches. 



Dy'» 



Inch 



Velocity 





o 



o 



o 



6 



| 









Miles. 



1840 



44.4 



6S.5 



23.9 



44 6 



13 



1.860 



3 



not 



- 



1841 



41.6 



53-3 



20.3 



33.0 



6 



1 360 



2 



ree'd 



— 



1842 



45 1 



68.5 



30.0 



38 5 



8 



5 17.5 







" 



— 



1843 



41.8 



65.7 



24 5 



41 2 



12 



3.790 



4 



2 5 



0.541b. 



1844 



43.3 



69 6 



17.8 



51.8 



7 



imperfect 



4 



120 



0.431b. 



IS45 



46.4 



62.7 



20,0 



42 7 



11 



1.760 



1 



Innn. 



0.261b. 



1846 



44.6 



69.7 



20.7 



49.0 



14 



4.180 



2 Inap. 



0.44lli. 



1847 



44.0 



65.0 



2 J. 3 



44.7 



13 



4 390 



2 Inap. 



0.19, b. 



1S43 



46 3 



62.2 



26.4 



35.S 



11 



1 .550 



none. 



4.60m. 



1849 



45.3 



592 



25.5 



33.7 



13 



5 965 



1 



Inap. 



4.76m. 



1850 



45.4 



66.6 



24.S 



41.8 



10 



2 085 







none. 



5.30m. 



1851 



47.4 



66.1 



25 



41.1 



10 



1.680 



2 



0.3 



4.39m. 



1352 



4S.0 



70.7 



29.8 



40.9 



12 



5.280 







none 



4.47m. 



1853 



44.4 



64.7 



25 5 



392 



10J 



0.875 



2 



Inap. 



472m. 



0.37 bi 

 4.71 M't 



Mean 



44 86 



65.53 



23.89 



41.64 



10.7 ; 



3.073 



1.6 



1.3 



