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pofliblc. In a lower Plaoe,-at no great Diftancc 
from this, he order’d another Hole to be dug : The 
Soil was io Inches loft Sand 2 Feet 4 Inches i be- 
low this, all was congealed; fo that the Earth is 
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fcarcely thaw’d even in Summer above four Feet 
deep. ... , v -1) ' . . I* 
Our Author inclines to the received Opinion, 
that the Eaftern Ciimates under the fame Latitude 
are colder than the Weftern ; and thinks this is con- 
firm’d by Experiments made in different Parts of 
Sibiria. 
The Mercury in F>e Lijles Thermometer often 
funk in Winter in very Southern Parts of this Coun- 
try, as near Selinga , to near 2 26, which is equal 
to 55- below o in Fahrenheit's Thermometer. But 
the Cold is often much more intenfe than this, as 
appears by the following Experiments, made at Ki- 
renginski. 
Feb. 10. 1738. at 8 in the Morning the Mercury 
flood at 240 Degrees in T)e Lifle :■> which is 72 
below o. in Fahrenheit's. On the 20th it funk 
one Degree. : 
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At the fame Place in 1736. 
c Decemb. 11. at 3 in the Afternoon 254 in c DeltJle . 
Almoft 90 below o. in Fahrenheit . 
c Decemb . 20. 4 o’ Clock p. m. 263 in ‘Delijle. 
P^Too below o. in Fahrenheit. 
D. ; F. 
Novemb. 27. 12 at Noon 270 = 107-7^ below o. 
Jan. 9. 275 ^=113^ 
1 7 3 5 Jan.s- 5 in the Morn. 260 
6 280 = 120 
8 250 and rofe by degrees 
till 11 at Night, when it flood at 252. 
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