( 4°8 ) 
apud nos Aqua congelefcat, Thermometri liquor e 
vix ad gr. 55 deprejfo, quum Londini id non ac - 
cidat niji ad gr . 6 y, quo loco v eft rum Froft eft 
notatum . iS 7 ‘zWetf Fhilofophari , ad Aqua in 
Gelu concretionem, prater intenfum Frigoris gra- 
dum, aliquid aliud requiritur , gw noftris , #0# 
*>/ veftris regionibus Aer ditatus eft . Qnemadmo- 
durn ut Aqua in Glaciem arte mutetur , 0/* 
fola , y^/0 admovenda . 
And as at Naples it Freezes at a warmer De- 
gree of the Thermometer 5 fo I obferve that at 
Chriftiana the illuftrious Obferver complains of 
the vehement Heat of the Sun , Aifius Solis ve- 
hemens , in when the Spirits were but at 36 
Degrees and 34 Degrees; in Augufl at 25*, 27, and 
28 Degrees, he fays, the Weather was exceeding 
hot , Coelum calidijjimiim. I thus diftin&Iy mention 
(as the Author doth) the 0/ 6W/, and the 
Heat of the Weather , becaufe they may not mean 
the fame Thing, I having been informed by the 
Whale-Fifliers, that in Greenland the Heat of the 
Sun is fcarce tolerable on one Side of the Ship, 
when on the other Side it Freezes hard. 
At Bengal the Heat at fome times feems to be 
very intenle, by the Thermometer being, in fome 
Months, more Degrees about the o, than the Point 
of Extreme Heat is. As particularly in April , May 
and June , it was 6 , 7, and 8 Degrees above o. 
But thofe exceffive Heats are generally in the After- 
noons, the Forenoons being more temperate, and the 
Temperature, or what they call Cold there, is at 
the fame Time of the Day. And the Degree of the 
Thermometer, at which they reckon it coldifh, is 
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