120 Mr. J. Croll on the Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit, 



was proved to hold approximately true. (See also Sir Charles 

 LyelPs ' Principles/ new edition, vol. i. p. 294.) 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



v. 



VI. 



1 

 VII. 



Midwinter tem- 



Number j 







Number 



Number of 





perature of the 



of years ; 







of days by 



degrees by 



Midwinter 



centre of Scot- j 



before 



T? 4- • 



Longitude 



which the 



which the 



tempera- land, on toe sup- 



epoch 

 1800. 1 



ii*xceriLri- 

 city. 



ofperihe- \ 

 lion. 



vinter was 

 longer 

 than the 



nidwinter 

 tempera- 

 ture was 



ture of the position that the 

 centre of Gulf-stream was 

 Scotland. affected by 









summer. 



lowered. 





change ot ex- 















centricity. 



1,100,000 



0-0303 



54 12 



1414 



24-8 F. 



14°-2F. 



6 F. 



1 ,050,000 



00326 



4 8 



15-16 



26-0 



13 



44 



1,000,000 



00151 



248 22 







I 





990,000 



00224 



313 50 







1 





980,000 



0-0329 



358 2 



15-34 



261 



12-9 



4-3 



970,000 



0441 



32 40 



20-55 



31-5 



7-5 



-2-6 



960,000 



00491 



66 49 



22-87 



33 8 



5-2 



-5-6 



950,000 



00517 



97 51 



24-08 



350 



4 



-71 



940,000 



00495 



127 42 



23-06 



340 



5 



-5-9 



930,000 



00423 



156 11 



19-71 



306 



8-4 



-1-5 



920,000 



0-0305 



181 40 



14-23 



250 



14 



57 



910,000 



00156 



194 15 











900,000 



0-0102 



135 2} 











890,000 



00285 



127 n 











880,000 



0-0456 



152 33 



22-97 



32-2 



6-8 



- 3-5 



870,000 



0-0607 



180 23 



28-97 



39-0 







-12-3 



820,000 



0-0708 



209 41 



32-90 



436 



-4-6 



-18 



850,000 



0-0747 



239 28 



34-70 



45-3 



-6-3 



-20 



840,000 



0-0698 



269 14 



3243 



43-2 



-4-2 



-17-6 



830,000 



00623 



298 28 



29 00 



400 



-1 



-13 8 



820,000 



00476 



326 4 



2213 



331 



5-9 



- 47 



810,000 



00296 



348 30 











800,000 



00132 



343 49+ 











790,000 



0171 



293 19+ 











780,000 



00325 



303 37 



1516 



260 



13 



4-4 



770,000 



0455 



328 38 



21-20 



320 



7 



- 3-3 



760,000 



00540 



357 12 



2510 



360 



3 



- 8-4 



750,000 



0-0575 



27 18 



2700 



377 



1-3 



-10-6 



740,000 



00561 



58 30 



26-12 



370 



2 



- 97 



730,000 



00507 



j 90 55 



23-61 



34-6 



44 



- 66 



720,000 



00422 



| 125 14 



19-62 



30-6 



8-4 



- 1-5 



710,000 



0-0307 



177 26 



14-32 



25 



14 



57 



700,000 



00220 



208 13 











650,000 



00226 



141 29 











600,000 



0417 



32 34 











550,000 



00166 



251 50 











500,000 



0-0388 



193 56 











450,000 



0-0308 



356 52 











400,000 



0170 



290 7 







■ 





350,000 



00195 



182 50 





.1 







300,000 



1 



00424 



23 29 



! 









