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HEAT OF THE WATERS. 



Place. 



Latitude. 



Temperatures observed, in Degrees. 



Lowest. 



Highest. 



Cent. 



Fahr. 



Cent. 



Pahr. 



Quito* . 



0-14 S 



6 



42-8 



22 



71-6 



Singapore 



1-17N 



21-7 



71-06 



31-7 



89-06 



Madras . 



135 



17-8 



64-04 



40-3 



104-54 



Martinique . 



14-36 



171 



62-78 



35 



95 



Otaheite . 



17-29 



18-3 



64-94 



32-2 



8994 



Honoruru 



21-19 



8-9 



47-5 



311 



87-98 



(Sandwich 













Islands). 













Calcutta. 



22-35 



111 



51-98 



37-2 



98-94 



Canton 



23-8 



2 - 2 



35-96 



35-6 



96-08 



Funchal . 



32-8 



10-6 



51-08 



29-4 



84-92 



Bagdad . 



33-21 



5 



41 



489 



120 



Algiers . 



36-47 



2-5 



365 



38 



100-4 



Lisbon 



38-42 



2-7 



3686 



38-8 



101-84 



Pekin 



39-54 



15-6 



60-28 



43-1 



109-58 



Cincinnati . 



39-6 



27 



80-6 



42 



1076 



R o me 



43-57 



59 



42-6 



31-3 



88-34 



Prague 



50-5 



27-5 



81-5 



35-4 



95-72 



Penzance 



50-7 



4-4 



3992 



28-9 



84 



Brussels 



50-51 



22-5 



72-5 



35 



95 



London . 



51-31 



20-6 



69-08 



35.6 



96-08 



Berlin 



52-31 



30 



86 



'393 



102-74 



Copenhagen . 



55-41 



327 



72-86 



329 



91-2 



Moscow . 



5545 



42'2 



107-94 



36-2 



9714 



Yakutsk . 



621 



58 



136-4 



30 



86 



Drontheim 



63-25 



23-7 



74-66 



28-7 



83-66 



It e i k i a v i g 



64-8 



20 



68 



20-5 



68-9 



Enontekis 



68-40 



50 



1445 



26 



78-8 



Felix Harbour 



70 



50-8 



145-94 



21-1 



6990 



(Boothia). 













Coast of f-p 

 Nova J™* 

 Zembla\^ est 



70-37 



40 



104 



10 



50 



73 



469 



1164 



13-7 



55-66 



* The extreme limits of temperature at Quito, at a height of eight thou- 

 sand nine hundred feet, show in a striking manner the decrease of the 

 fluctuations of temperature due to the increase of height. 



A glance at this table will show you at once 

 that the extreme limits of temperature approach 

 each other most closely near the coasts and on 

 islands; that, on the other hand, in the interior 

 pf the continents, they diverge ; and that severe 



