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Zurich firm, was however so unsatisfactorily made that I 
decided not to trouble about that instrument until I could 
myself go to the town where it was manufactured and get 
some changes made. 
The temperature one inch above the snow was taken 
with a minimum alcohol thermometer, and this is approxi- 
mately terrestial radiation. 
The solar radiation thermometer was only put up tem- 
porarily, and was fastened with string to the large wire 
netting with which I was obliged to protect my anemometer 
from the children. 
