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obferve the State of the Thermometer 5 bat am 
well fatisfied that Day was the hottefl in the Month, 
from the Obfervation I made at other Times of 
the Day, and particularly from the Account I had 
from my Priend Mr. Canton., of the State of his, 
which flood at 80^ at 2. p. m. 
It may be proper to obferve, that the Barometer 
made ufe of ftands or more, lower than others 
of the fame Conftrudtion (which is the common 
upright Make) during the warmer Seafon of the 
Year, and ufually as much higher than they do in 
the colder s but is made ufe of (as it has been for 
more than 10 Years) becaufe I have always found 
it to rife and fall fooner than any other I have com- 
pared it with, and in particular than a very good 
one, made by the late Mr. Sijfon, which has always 
hung by it, and is conftantly compared therewith. 
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