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and a quarter above the freezing point, and at two 
in the afternoon at 7 degrees. The barometer wa3 
at feven in the morning at 27 deg. 7 min. and at two 
in the afternoon at 26 deg. 1 1 min. and a half. The 
wind was weft, and it rained. 
On the 9th of December, at half an hour after 
two in the afternoon, a {hock of an earthquake was 
felt here at Turin ; but not a confiderable one, fo 
that a great number of perfons did not perceive it. 
For my own part I felt it very fenftbly, being then 
in the Univerftty- pulpit raifed very high. The chair, 
on which I fat, was thrown by the {hock from one 
iide of the pulpit to the other, in the direction of 
fouth to north. Upon feeling the motion of the 
earth, I immediately lifted up my feet, in order that 
I might the more eafily be carried with the chair by 
the motion. This {hock lafted between 4 and 6 
feconds. Some minutes after came another {hock, 
but it was extremely flight. Its direction was like- 
wife from fouth to north. I judged fo, becaufe the 
chair, on which I was fitting, rubbed with feme 
noife againft the fide of the pulpit, againft which 
it had been carried by the preceding {hock. This 
fide of the pulpit was towards the north. The fe- 
cond {hock lafted about two feconds. My employ- 
ments did not permit me that day to obferve the 
fky with attention.. I obferved, that the air was ob- 
feure. The wind was weft. The barometer at two- 
in the afternoon was at 27 deg. 7 min. and the ther- 
mometer at 3 degrees above the freezing point. 
I have been informed from Milan, that about the 
fame hour, and on the fame day, a fliock of an earth- 
quake had been felt. The waters did not rife, and yet a' 
