eas ot eS i 
Mean daily observations made from the 3d to 22d Nov., 1861, Between 
Southampton and Havana, on board the steamship Atrato. ie 
ag __of tens ede Soumeuen ‘Selina: toa | 
ov.3 13°75 C, 12°. 80°08 inches} = w.s.w. 
4 14 °50 14 3009 |... W.aw. 
5 15°75 15 30°05 _ -W.8.W. 
6 17°75 16 °50 29°02  OW.N.W. 
: 7 21 +25 15 °50 29°01 W.N.W. 
; 8 18 -50(8) 19 -00 29°04 
: 9 20°75 29:08 8.E, 
£10 22 -50 21 -00 29:06 w. bys, 
Pll 22°75 21-25 29°04 W.s.W. 
12 25 -00 24 00 29°05 W. 
13 25°25 24 25 30°07 s.w. by w. 
14 26 +75 25 ° 30°08 W.s.W. 
15 27 15 24 -75(9) 30°02 
16 27 26° 29-07 8. 
17 27 -00(10) 27 +50 29-06 : 
18 27 -25(1) 26 *50 af clea New, 
. 19 27 -00(12) 25 °0 sci N.N.E. 
20 2 26 “75 “ NNW, 
pee Of 27 +25(1) 26 00 ea N.N.W. 
2 7 +00(14) 26-50 pa E 
23 26 -O00(15) 27 -00 ints E.S.E. 
This table confirms the observations of Blagden and Williams. Thus 
the temperature of the water undergoes a remarkable depression on ap- 
Proaching shoals or land; as near the Azores, in the roads of St. Thomas, 
in the ay of Havana, and near the islands of Porto Rico, St. Domingo, 
he also near Samana, Cape Grange, fort Moro, 
: na, 
2. Dove's Photometer.*—The new photometric method proposed by 
4 Dore, has the advantage over those now in use, that it is equally applica- 
| ble to the determination of the intensity of the light proceeding from a 
bright or faintly luminous body, whether it be white or colored, transpa- 
It or ta so to determine the amount of ligh 
,e Azores, distant 4 kilometres (= 2+ miles). 
‘ogg és AS In the roads of St. Thomas. 
of Samana. : 
of Cape Grange (Mount Christi of St. Domingo). 
fort Moro, Cuba. . (14) In view of Matanzas. 
of Havana. 
len, vol. cxiv, No. 9, p. 145. 
